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