Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers Album

Scorpion sting
I hear the mission bells ring
Another night of runnin' is another day
I don't dance the hangman's swing
All roads lead back to Tucson
Pray Maria, I don't find the noose on
La Policia's askin' questions
Say you don't know nothin'
and you ain't seen a thing

"Ave Maria!"
I pray,
"Ave Maria!"
I pray!

They say the blood is on my hands
'Cause I put down the money
and I made up the plan

Blue eyes
White lies
Straight teeth and a crooked soul
Let the red blood and the green dinero flow
Americano!

Maria these things I do
Every night they cut me in two
It's in my blood to live for the kill
But God only knows
that I want to stay and love you
Full moon is on the rise
Patron saint of love and lies
The payoffs and the alibis
The shotgun shells and four-wheel drives

"Ave Maria!"
I pray,
"Ave Maria!"
I pray!

They're gonna find me guilty as a trigger man
'Cause I put down the money and I made up the plan

Blue eyes
White lies
Straight teeth and a crooked soul
Let the red blood and the green dinero flow
Americano!

I can burn like a wildfire
Disappear like a ghost
A dagger in my cloak
I'm a rich and gracious host
Don't fear my ill repute
The sweetest fruit is stolen fruit
If you're feelin' dirty, cruel or mean
Let a little more money make your conscience clean

"Ave Maria!"
I pray,
"Ave Maria!"
I pray!

They say the blood is on my hands
'Cause I put down the money and I made up the plan

Blue eyes
White lies
Straight teeth and a crooked soul
Let the red blood and the green dinero flow

Blue eyes
White lies
Straight teeth and a ravenous soul
Let the red blood and the green dinero flow
Americano!

Bought a pancho and sandals
I threw away my shoes
Brought a toothbrush and a razor
I probably won't use
Hit the track, I turned my back
on the Headlines News
On my way to meet the moon on the bay
Where she's risin' big and full and blue

Well the gringo boys got their dark sunglasses
And the girls on the beach
are all shakin' their fingers
'Cause no matter how dark the lenses
They can see that the eyes
and the minds of the boys
are somewhere they ain't supposed to be

The breeze is blowin' me a new perfume
It's givin' my heart a little elbow room
And the kids are lightin' firecrackers
Boom! Boom! Boom!

No one recalls when the clock on the wall
stopped wavin' its hands all day
Maybe it died of loneliness or boredom
Rest in peace, you know it's better this way

The breeze is blowin' me a new perfume
It's givin' my heart a little elbow room
And the kids are lightin' firecrackers
Boom! Boom! Boom!

And all my friends are laughin'
at each other's lies
And the sea is singin' lullabies
And everything's slowin' down
flowin' counterclockwise

Some of the Americans are ugly Americans
But we know we ain't all that way
So we nod and we smile
and we wait a little while
Because they never stay anywhere
very long anyway

The breeze is blowin' me a new perfume
It's givin' my heart a little elbow room
And the kids are lightin' firecrackers
Boom! Boom! Boom!

And all my friends are laughin'
at each other's lies
And the sea is singin' lullabies
And everythin's slowin' down
flowin' counterclockwise...

I poked a pistol in the eye
Lit up a powder key
and rode it to the sky
Yeah, the Reaper even calls me for his alibi
I sang Cerberus to sleep
with a rock 'n' roll lullaby

I made a congregation weep
Never packed a parachute to Lover's Leap
Yeah I been dancin' with the Devil, baby
cheek to cheek
Thought I was strong until you came
and made me weak

Now I don't need another thrill
Just hold my hand I can stand to stand still
Hear me screamin'
Baby, I want you!
Baby, I need you!
And honey, I don't need another thrill

So to a queen I've never bowed
Never been a pawn or a fool
I was way to proud
Give me a lighting rod and
I can stab a thundercloud
But now for you I can't stop cryin' out loud

Now I don't need another thrill
Just hold my hand I can stand to stand still
Hear me screamin'
Baby, I want you!
Baby, I need you!
And honey, I don't need another thrill

All of my words have failed me
My tongue and my heart
have conspired to jail me
Never thought I'd need someone to save me
Now I'll be free as soon as you enslave me

Now I don't need another thrill
Just hold my hand I can stand to stand still
Hear me screamin'
Baby, I want you!
Baby, I need you!
And honey, I don't need another thrill

Went down to Mexico on the Fourth of July
I got a tattoo of a moth and a butterfly
Had a little time to burn, a little money to spend
And so I bought a switchblade for each of my friends

Pablo and Dan had a plan said
"We're gonna get rich,
Put the double cross
on a double crossin' narco-snitch,
Just a dirty little two-man job,
but it's a sure-fire win
And brother when we cut him down,
we gonna cut you in."

Yeah dumb and drunk as I was
You know I'd do it all again
Back when I bought a switchblade
for each of my friends

They were sharp enough to stab
another hole in the sky
Hard enough to make the proudest diamond sigh
Faster than the rockets on the Fourth of July
Strong and cruel enough
to make a statue of Mary cry...

They said, "Amigo don'tcha worry
now we gonna disappear,
Couple of months" they said.
Now it's been almost a year
I know that if you want that kind of money,
man you gotta stay brave
Federales are pullin' bodies out of shallow graves

Yeah dumb and drunk as I was
You know I'd do it all again
Back when I bought a switchblade
For each of my friends

They were sharp enough to stab
another hole in the sky
Hard enough to make the proudest diamond sigh
Faster than the rockets on the Fourth of July
Strong and cruel enough
to make a statue of Mary cry...

Later in the fall, I got the call, "Boy won'tcha come down,
Maybe put a name with a few unlucky faces we found."
Now no matter what I do, can't get my heart to mend
Somebody buried a switchblade in each of my friends

Yeah dumb and drunk as we was
You know I'd do it all again
Before I buried a switchblade
With each of my friends

They were sharp enough to stab another hole in the sky
Hard enough to make the proudest diamond sigh
Faster than the rockets on the Fourth of July
Strong and cruel enough
to make a statue of Mary cry...

Yeah, they were sharp enough to stab another hole in the sky
Hard enough to make the proudest diamond sigh
Faster than the rockets on the Fourth of July
Strong and cruel enough
to make a statue of Mary cry...

I awake from a long, deep sleep
In a leaky little boat on a wide blue sea
I spy no island, rock or shore
And the sea, she's a-comin' to me through a hole in the floor

And the tide come in and the tide go out
And the waves they come knock my little boat about
And the sky turn black and the sky turn blue
I got no pail, no sail, no anchor, too
Just a leaky little boat

And as I wake I look around
I have no notion where I'm bound
So many different colored boats I see
Are all leaky, lonely, and driftin'
Just like me

And the tide come in and the tide go out
And the waves they come toss my little boat about
And the sky turn black and the sky turn blue
I got no pail, no sail, no anchor, too
Just a leaky little boat...

I spy no island rock or shore
I spy no island rock or shore
I spy no island shore
And the sea keeps a-comin' to me through a hole in the floor
In my leaky little boat...

I spy no island rock or shore...

Alone, adrift together are we
Slowly sinkin' in a deep blue sea
But we smile and we wave
And we say, "I'm afraid...and I love you...and here we go..."

And the tide come in and the tide go out
And the waves they come toss my little boat about
And the sky turn black and the sky turn blue
I got no pail, no sail, no anchor, too
Just a leaky little boat...

Military issue
now I can trust you're never gonna
raise another fist at me again
this is how I'll kiss you
hollow-tip to tissue
stronger than the sword and
so much faster than the pen

Fare thee well to the infidel
your God's name's not spelled the same

God gave me a gun
God gave me a gun
might makes right now
whom shall we smite now
bullet through the barrel
thy will be done
God gave me a gun

Screaming of the engines
bringing down the vengeance
hell from the heavens is state of the art
tell the ones you love
that the hawk's killed the dove
and I can save your soul
with a bullet through the heart

Fare thee well to the infidel
your God's name's not spelled the same
God gave me a gun
God gave me a gun
might makes right now
whom shall we smite now
bullet through the barrel
thy will be done
God gave me a gun
God gave me a gun

M ade me in his image
bade me do some damage
now the grapes of wrath
are ripe on the vine
kill to make us holy
kill to make us free
take an eye for an eye
and make the whole world blind

Fare thee well to the infidel
your God's name's not spelled the same

God gave me a gun
God gave me a gun
might makes right now
whom shall we smite now
bullet through the barrel
thy will be done
God gave me a gun
God gave me a gun

might makes right now
whom shall we smite now
bullet through the barrel
thy will be done
God gave me a gun

Doctor, Doctor, can you cure me?
A little pill, something to assure me
I'm gonna feel better when I walk out your door
(He said) Son, son, son, I know
what your're needin'
Your body is fine, it's your soul that's bleedin'
I got the same disease,
ain't nobody yet found the cure
If you find it, bottle it, you'll be a rich man for sure
This ain't no joke (oh no!)
Gotta know how to bend
if you don't wanna get broke (oh no!)
Keep your peace in the Big Bad Game
You know you gotta go a little loco to stay sane

General, General, I gotta ask it
With my new uniform, do I get a casket
And a one-way ticket
or do I have a way back home?
Son, son, son, that's a good question
Ain't got an answer, just a suggestion
Join up, find out
and hope you ain't accident prone
Even in the very best company
we're always alone

More I dig in, the deeper the hole
Come off the rails when I get on a roll
Hangman's tyin' a noose on the line
Keep a couple screws loose, you'll be fine

Fortuneteller lady, what do you see?
Are there swerves and curves
in the road up ahead of me
Will I die rich or poor, lose my mind,
or come to some sour end?
Son, son, son, step into my booth
You look like a nice young man,
so I'll tell you the truth
It's a secret, boy,
so don'tcha tell any of your friends
I never saw the end of no story
‘cause no story ever ends

This ain't no joke (oh no!)
Gotta know how to bend
if you don't wanna get broke (oh no!)
Keep your peace in the Big Bad Game
You know you gotta go a little loco to stay sane

This ain't no joke (oh no!)
Gotta know how to bend
if you don't wanna get broke (oh no!)
Keep your peace in the Big Bad Game
You know you gotta go a little loco to stay sane

Mexican Moonshine!
Mexican Moonshine!
I fell under the spell
when I stumbled over the line…
Mexican Moonshine
Mexican Moonshine
Let your heart and your cup overflow
Under the glow of the moonshine!
Let the world call ‘em crow's feet
Baby, we can call ‘em laugh lines
Let me hear your little heart beat, baby
Turn your back on all the deadlines
I got a healin' home-brewed remedy,
a low-brow therapy
And a high time
It's surreal, sublime, manmade and divine
It's the moonshine….

Mexican Moonshine
Mexican Moonshine
I fell under the spell
when I stumbled over the line…

Hey, cantinero!
Pull back and hit me with your magic arrow
I need amor more than dinero
In any language every day
We'll get a fine flow flowin',
a good glow goin' and let's shine on
Soak in the silvery light
spillin' out tonight from the moonshine…

Mexican Moonshine!
Mexican Moonshine!
I fell under the spell
when I stumbled over the line…
Mexican Moonshine
Mexican Moonshine
Let your heart and your cup overflow
Under the glow of the moonshine!

Hey, gringos, it could be worse
We did not get there first
‘cause on the south side of the dunes
We found graffiti on the rocks,
The Lunar Lander on blocks,
And a Mexican flag on the moon!

Mexican Moonshine!
Mexican Moonshine!
I fell under the spell
when I stumbled over the line…
Mexican Moonshine
Mexican Moonshine
Let your heart and your cup overflow
Under the glow of the moonshine!
May your heart and your cup…
Overflow…under the glow
of the Moonshine!

I see the sun settin' over America
I'm tryin' to leave my darker side behind
Feelin' my way down a blue desert highway
Wish my rear view mirror could tell me a lie

The harder I fight the stronger it's a comin'
I wipe the tears from my eyes
and keep on strummin'
Baby, I ain't runnin' away
I'm tryin' to find you something better inside me

And now my second home is a third-world cantina
I spend years alone every day I don't see you
And to me the sunset is sinkin' in the sea
Looks like my own bleedin' corazon

There's a man comin' over here
Sellin' silver and souvenirs
And I will pay full price
For your name on a grain of rice

I am a father, a son, a restless spirit
I can see the light but I can never get near it
What good is my love song
If you ain't around to hear it?

I see the fighter planes tearing' across the desert sky
Do I curse them or cheer them on?
I still can't decide...
But the silence they leave behind
Sounds like what I feel inside...

And now my second home is a third-world cantina
I spend years alone every day I don't see you
And to me the sunset is sinkin' in the sea
Looks like my own bleedin' corazon

There's a man comin' over here
Sellin' silver and souvenirs
And I will pay full price
For your name on a grain of rice

Love, come lighten my load
Love, come lighten my load
An empty heart is the heaviest weight to hold
Love, come lighten my load

Who do you love?
Who do you love?
Ask yourself, free yourself
Every love is one Love...

Love, come lighten my load
Love, come lighten my load
Been lost so long...help me find the road
Love, come lighten my load

Who do you love?

Please take away my doubt
please take away my fears
please take away my foolish pride
Open up my hands
Open my arms
Open my eyes
Open my heart up wide
Revolution's on the inside

Who do you love?

Every love is one Love...
Everyone is one Love...

I can see the light all around your silhouette
Leave an open door behind you
My heart went running after you
but I ain't caught it yet
Leave an open door behind you

Leave an open door

Sing about the dawn
in the middle of the night

Leave an open door
Leave an open door

Leave an open door behind you
Leave an open door behind you

Carry on...
Carry on...
Carry on...
Carry on...

Leave an open door

Destitution...
Persecution...
Execution...
Retribution...
Revolution!
Restitution!!
Absolution!!!
Evolution!!!!

Mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers,
We never run out of hope when we love one another!
When they raise the price of bread
When they lower the wage
Together we hold our key inside of their cage!
Carry on...
Carry on...
Carry on...
Carry on...

Leave an open door
Leave an open door
Leave an open door behind you
Leave an open door behind you
Leave an open door behind you
Leave an open door behind you

Oh, what a sin looks like I slept in
And I'm a gonna be a little bit late
My therapy began again
to mend my broken heart again
When happy hour's over at eight
Now I don't keep score, no not anymore
You see I seen a slammin' door
time or two before
I know I'm gonna get through
I'm just a little hung over you…

Headaches and heartaches will end
Bring me aspirin my friends
What I need is some laughs to get me back on the road
Then I'm back on the mend
back in the saddle again
And I'm the winner of the barstool rodeo
And now I don't get sore, I don't cry anymore
I've seen a barroom floor
a time or two before
I know I'm gonna pull through
I'm just a little hung over you….

(Chorus)
So barkeep won'tcha pick me
the longest hair of that goddamn dog that bit me And pull his sharpest tooth
That'd be the highest proof
of your lowest grade booze
Yes, we sure had fun when I was her number one
But now I'm standing' in number two
But now I'm changing my shoes
I'm just a little hung over you

Meanwhile back at the bar
I show off another scar
And my friends all say it looks great
Another false start of mine,
back to the end of the line
Where true love is-a-gonna have to wait
Well I sure had fun when I was your number one
But now I'm standing in number two
But now I'm changing my shoes
I'm gonna sing a little blues
I'm just a little hung over you

(Chorus)
Barkeep won'tcha hit me...

…there's a girl at the bar
the twinkle's burned out of her star
a hundred teardrops on her shoes…
And though her head's hung low
I think it's someone I know
Is that little hung over you?
Is that little hung over you?