Final Chapter Part 1 Praise the Lord Verse 1 i was born in a small town in 1975 In Nowhereville where people do what they must to survive Baptized in a church by the preacher's hand did I feel the love of Jesus with the touch of this man? Chorus Praise the Lord Feel him from above Praise the Lord Get a load of his love Let him in Let Jesus in Let him in Get rid of your sins Verse 2 Met Susan in math class When were both six Addition and subtraction she knew more than the other chicks And when the multiplication table was shown us I made a list But she already knew it She showed me hers and we kissed Chorus Praise the Lord Feel her from above Praise the Lord Get a load of her love She is mine as sixteen as well as six I am hers And she had me at the first kiss Part 2 Captain Bill Verse 1 Susan took off and left I lost my job at the mill So I decided to flee out to sea and started working for Captain Bill Hi-di-lye-lay and hi-di-lye-lo He lost his job at the mill Hi-di-lye-lay and hi-di-lye-lo He started working for Captain Bill Verse 2 I worked in the mill for three years I thought I had found my niche But I used that skill to work for Bill and I drank like a fish Hi-di-lye-lay and hi-di-lye-lo He thought he had found his niche Hi-di-lye-lay and hi-di-lye-lo and he drank like a fish Verse 3 We sailed to every port Raided the ocean blue Bill had a whore in every shore and I got a tattoo Hi-di-lye-lay and hi-di-lye-lo They raided the ocean blue Hi-di-lye-lay and hi-di-lye-lo And he got a tattoo Part 3 Hope for Change Verse 1 Two years at sea Two years of joy I guess that's me still a boy I can't adjust to life onshore I guess I'm just who I was before Chorus Life has made me angry Injustice makes me rage and political awareness is the only thing that grows with age I defy the system I can't stand your laws I am ruthless, I am careless I'm a cat with protractile claws Verse 2 They say you are free But they hold you in a chain And you call this democracy But they just use you like a cane So I hope this is not sounding that strange Where others see hopelessness I see things to change Chorus Cuz when something makes me cry I take control I don't want parts of it I want the whole I see hope for change And rewriting all the laws And you better believe I love it I'm a cat with abrasive claws Part 4 Art and Devotion Verse 1 I dropped out of school and I never went to college I had to look elsewhere for my knowledge So when I came home I decided on what to do then so I moved into a pad with a couple of art students Chorus Art and devotion they paint and they draw With thought and emotion they're ruthless and raw I made my decision I took a stand an arraigned circumcision But where are the fans? Verse 2 In 1998 I had my own exhibition I did some paintings I had ideas and a vision So that day in the future when you see them they'll hang in some foreign museum Chorus Art and devotion Paint it all black I miss the ocean I'd love to go back I made my decision Keep your eyes shut Here's my exhibition made with feces and blood Part 5 Know My Rights Verse 1 Don't you think I know my rights? I stood on the barricades for days and nights you get a job and you pay the rent and support some sort of government I'm not part of the moral majority I ain't respecting your authority I am a man of my own and I stand alone Don't you think I know my rights? Chorus I supported you but you didn't give a shit you bow down to the master lick their boots bit by bit Don't you think I know my rights? Verse 2 Don't you think I got a mind of my own? I'm not staying in your safety zone Who cares if I carry grass? I'm not gonna kiss your ass I think we've reached a rendezvous point when you can't accept someone else's view point I don't need nobody I'm not part of your party-line Don't you think I got a mind of my own? Chorus Authority Is never a friend The powerful will kick you in the end Don't you think I know my rights? Part 6 Someone Like You Verse 1 I never missed anyone the way I miss Sue But I miss Captain Bill and the ocean too and even if none of them can be replaced I'm seriously happy and amazed that I found someone like you Verse 2 I met you when the war started, knock on wood War is something I never understood And though you aren't Susan, you can bet I'm scared of losing you Now that I finally found something good Part 7 Overture Part 8 Final Chapter of the Final Chapter Verse 1 Neurotic, psychotic It's how I'll end up, I got it Delusion, confusion I'm afraid there is no solution I'm skeptical of future endeavors I'm worried what history will show I'm well aware nothings last forever And maybe over all it's better not to know Verse 2 Battered and shattered I usually feel like nothing matters I've doubted, I've shouted and I realize now there's nothing I can do about it Negativity and devastation The only feelings that seem to last It's passed down from generation to generation A family tree that is living in the past