FOOTSOLDIER IN THE MOONLIGHT Released: 1993 KAMIKAZI (Avsec) May day! May day! What a lady - I'm in deep I know I could fall in love with you But the fall's too steep I see emergency lights and I know I might die CHORUS Kamakazi, what can I do? I'm burning up, I'm burning up I'm burning up for you I'm going down, down, down, down, down Tora! Tora! I'm taking on water Got to bail out 'Cause you tore such a hole in my heart I need a great big pail now I know my chances a are slim But a man's got to try REPEAT CHORUS INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS (Avsec) Can't stop, can't eat My lawyer wants me to Won't take it on contingency He's afraid we'll lose I can't live without you Guess there's nothing left to do I'm so damn in love with you That's why I have to sue Defomation, malice, and duress Mitigate my deep unhapiness For walking past my bedroom In that little red dress CHORUS Intentional infliction of emotional distress Sue me, sue you baby Sue me, sue you baby Sue you, sue me baby For itentional infliction of emotional distress No doubt about it The judge is on my side He saw you in the backroom Before we went to trial Dancing with the baliff Now that may not be a crime But together with the evidence You're gonna do time Spare me your tears, darlin Come on, confess You're a big bad wolf In a little red dress Come on baby You've made such a mess REPEAT CHORUS Cold flesh, hot blood The way you were a cheatin' I could a killed you baby And I woulda had a reason No jury in the world Would have blamed me for leavin' You're an old fashioned Heart teasin' Sneaky little demon Spare me your tears, darlin Come on, confess You're a big bad wolf In a little red dress Come on baby You've made such a mess REPEAT CHORUS For deliberate depiction Of a bodily addiction Intentional infliction of emotional distress THE BEST POSSIBLE WORLD (Avsec) Oh, it's not a perfect world Anyone can plainly see Pick up a newspaper Turn on the T.V. Was a war out in the desert Got riots in the street Got mothers living in cardboard boxes Their kids with nothing to eat This must be the best possible world Cause it bore you Evolved from the dust And formed of nature's Holy Rules This must be the best possible world Cause there you are Shining like a diamond Burning like a star Oh, the lion kills the lamb And the hunter kills the lion Death takes the hunter And returns him to the ground Sometimes I just don't know What it all means And then I see your pretty face See our two young children Carrying on the race This must be the best possible world Just the way it is With its war and poverty Agony and bliss It must be the best possible world Cause here we are all Shining like diamonds Burning like stars Some say heaven's a place so far away Can't get there until you die But I think heaven's going on right here And that we're all divine Sometimes when we're at bed at night I'll hold you tight And listen to your steady breathing As I wait for first light This must be the best possible world Cause here we all are You and the kids sleeping like angels But there's demons in the yard But me I'll hold watch every night A footsoldier in the moonlight So far fortune's smiled on us And everything's all right MERCY MERCY ME (The Ecology) (Marvin Gaye) Oh, mercy mercy me Oh, things ain't what they used to be Where did all the blue skies go? Poison in the wind that blows From the north and south poles Whoa-oh, mercy mercy me Oh, things ain't what they used to be no-oh Oil wated on the ocean And I see fish full of mercury Whoa-oh, aww mercy mercy me Things ain't what they used to be Radiation underground and in the skies Animals who live nearby Whoa-oh, mercy mercy me Whoa, things ain't what they used to be no no What about this overcrowded land How much more the years from now can she stand? Whoa-oh, aww mercy mercy me Aww things ain't what they used to be Where did all the blue skys go Poison is the wind that blows Woo-hoo Brother brother There's far too many of you dying Whoa brother brother brother There's far too many of you dying Yeah Yeah Whoa whoa Aww mercy mercy me Aww things ain't what they used to be No no Where did all the blue skies go Brother brother brother brother Woo-hoo Oh mercy mercy mercy mercy Woo-hoo Oh mercy mercy mercy mercy MINNIE THE MOOCHER (Cab Calloway, Irving Mills, Clarice Gaskill) Now here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher She was a red hot hoochie koocher She was the roughest, toughest frail Minnie had a heart as big as a whale CHORUS Hidey hidey hidey hi (Hidey hidey hidey hi) Hodey hodey hodey ho (Hodey hodey hodey ho) Heedey heedey heedey hee Whoa Minnie the Moocher She must have run with a bloke named Smokey She loved him though he was cokey He took her down to China town Showed her how to keep the gold around REPEAT CHORUS She had a dream about the King of Sweden He gave her things that she was needin' He gave her a home built of gold and steel A diamond car with the a platinum wheel He gave her is townhouse and his racin' horses Each meal she ate was a dozen courses Had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes She sat around and counted them a million times REPEAT CHORUS RALLY WITH SALLY (Avsec) Second by second in the alleyway Sally swept all my walls away The sun caught her eyes in a blinding haze I'd steal a kiss from Sally I prayed CHORUS I wanna rally with Sally Yes I do And boogie with Sue Yes I do I wanna rally with Sally Yes I do Like the big boys do In the alley by the old school Rally with Sally Boogie with Sue Don't tell your Daddy I'm depending on you Her brother smiled wide when he fingered me Her brother's lips grinned right off his teeth Her brother's eyes paused to measure me He said "You're holding my sister, but you're gonna dance with me." REPEAT CHORUS Sally turned her back and walked away I knew something would happen On so fine a day I had her in the alley And she wanted to stay But her brother made me dally Now she's gone away REPEAT CHORUS GLORIA (Van Morrison) I wanna tell you about my baby You now she comes around She's about five feet four From her head to the ground Well she hangs around here Just about midnight Make me feel so good oh She make me feel alright CHORUS And her name is G-L-O-R-I-A G-L-O-R-I-A (Gloria) G-L-O-R-I-A (Gloria) G-L-O-R-I-A (Gloria) Mmmm Gloria (Gloria) Ooh she come 'round here Just about midnight She makes me feel so good (Mmmmm She make me feel so good) I feel alright Walkin down my street Come up to my house She Knock upon my door She make me feel alright Her name is G-L-O-R-I-A And her name is G-L-O-R-I-A G-L-O-R-I-A (Gloria) Wanna shout all night (Gloria) Wanna shout it every day (Gloria) Wanna shout all night (Gloria) Oow Gloria (Gloria) Shout all night (Gloria) Shout it every day (Gloria) Woo shout all night (Gloria) Yeah G-L-O-R-I-A (Gloria) G is for the good thing I found (Gloria) And L is for the way your lips meet mine (Gloria) O-R-I-A (Gloria) G-L-O-R-I-A (Gloria) G-L-O-R-I-A (Gloria) Gloria Gloria (Gloria) Ahhh Gloria (Gloria) Yeah Gloria A SWORD & A SHIELD (Avsec) She's daddy's little girl Leaving home today One day he children will cling to her As she has always done with me Like a cavelry of hearts Her love will sheild them Against the demons in the yard I can't protect her anymore From the monsters in the fields But a father's love is so real A power she will always feel Wield it as a sword Use it as a shield And whenever you see injustice Never yield Better go now For the wolves gather 'round your sheep Don't worry about me It's time for this footsoldier To finally get some sleep THE REASONABLE PRUDENT PERSON (Avsec) I'm a reasonable prudent person Drive a reasonable prudent car Got my reasonable prudent lady On my reasonable prudent arm With two reasonable prudent children And a dog out in the barn Thinking "Oh, what a good boy am I" Went to a reasonable prudent college In a reasonable prudent town Wherethe reasonable prudent daydream Is find a girl and settle down Start a reasonable prudent business Have some kids and move uptown Singing "Oh, what a good boy am I" Doctor patient Penitent priest Find out what it means to me I never did a thing to In all my life I'm a reasonable prudent person Can't say I had a ball But on my way to the top Never did I fall What do you do when you get To the top of the corporate ladder And realize over all That all this time you were Climbing up so faithfully But the ladder was against The wrong wall Oh, what a good boy am I Oh, what a good boy am I Oh, what a good boy am I Oh, what a good boy am I THE FIRST LOVE (Avsec) Hey soldier Take a look at this Buried in your future Is a box like this Better follow your heart Cause then the bones are clean And the music's picked Only the dance is timeless That's all there is And I no longer have an idealogy And I no longer have a theology I dance with my first love It's the only thing I still believe Oh, my first love is the best love It's the only love I'll ever need You got to dance with What brang you son You got to sing your own song And don't you know You can never get enough of What you don't really want So jungle up to the mountain Where your fire burns But just remember Life will never teach you What can only be learned Let's dance Come on first love It's the only love I'll ever need It's music Sweet music My first love It's the best It's the only love I'll ever need No one knows what's behind God's door We're all casualties in this Holy War Accidents of space and time Victims of cosmic crime But sometimes a man or woman soars above They're the heroes They fly like doves Show us what we can become Be what you are Do what you love The first love Is the best love (It's the only love) Yeah (I'll ever need) I'll ever need I'll ever need First love Is the best love It's the only love I'll ever need