Street Beast

STREET BEAST - Written by Carroll Bryant 

Hey, old man, I see you're here again

Trying to find dinner in a garbage can

Hey, young lad, I see you got it bad

Running around again with the old man

It eats at my heart and soul

Tell me how could you let it go?

Or was it more than just giving up?

Is anybody gonna show you love?

Hey, old man, I see you're here again

Laying out your bed behind that garbage can

Hey, young lad, is this old man your dad?

You show no emotion just like him

It wears on my conscious mind

Tell me how you got lost in time

Did society take your life?

Did they steal your pride?

And in a winters night, how do you sleep?

And if you find a dime to a paper cup, which one will you keep?

To survive, what do you need?

Hey, old man, can you understand?

Holding up a sign or holding out your hand

Hey, young lad, never happy, never sad

Just going along without a master plan

 And in a winters night, how do you sleep?

And if you find a dime to a paper cup, which one will you keep?

 To survive, what do you need?

Street beast running the streets

What do you want and how much you need?

Street beast where you gonna sleep?

Society casts you aside and now you're on the street, beast

Like a dog in the night searching for heat

Street beast what do you eat?

Society pushed you aside and now you're living on the streets

Needful Things

NEEDFUL THINGS - Written by Carroll Bryant

"Mrs. Floyd, can Tommy come out and ... play?"

She took the elevator ride up to the penthouse

All things aside, she pulled a condom out

Thunder was raging, lightning lit up the night sky

John Doe with some blow preparing to get high

Down on her knees she punched her card for the clock in

Money needs making so she sells her own skin

Twenty dollars here, twenty dollars there

Take it up the ass, it doesn't matter 'cause she don't care

Back down on the street, another time for the making

Another dumb Joe is there for the taking

A little girls vision got lost inside a dream

Making a quick play for one of life's needful things

I cry a tear for her and her behavior

The bitter taste society must savor now

Can Tommy come out and play? Can Tommy come out and play?

Can Tommy come out and play? Can Tommy come out and play?

I realize that I am only human

A mortal man fighting the forces of the heavens

Keep it in check 'cause you know it's a heartbreak 

President elect got the money - is on the take

From the F.B.I. to the C.I.Agency 

The government invented death - it's an aids thing

You're getting slapped on the left side, slapped on the right side

Suicidal tendencies come like a landslide

Welfare bitches who are playing it so cool

Dealer's on the street corner selling to more fools

Educating children doesn't prove to be smart

Body bags are selling on sale at the K-Mart

Uncle Sam is running the majority dope scene

Spending your taxes on less than needful things

I close my eyes as I can sense the trouble

Get ready, set, and running on the double now

Can Tommy come out and play? Can Tommy come out and play?

Can Tommy come out and play? Can Tommy come out and play?

I realize that I am only human

A mortal man fighting the forces of the heavens

Earth is quaking, night of the dark clouds

Bases loaded in the ninth with two outs

Millions gather outside the Vatican

Pope John Paul saves each and every one of them 

Souls are reaching, minds are learning

Bow to the boss on the cross that's burning

We're standing in the middle of a new situation

Clinging to a trust that defies superstition

Satan keeps calling out to the angels

Spreading his sex wherever the winds blow

Listen to the sweet sound of a church choir sing

Everybody be praying for more than needful things

I shake my head and guess as I hear laughter

Here's hoping God will bless us here and after now

Can Tommy come out and play? Can Tommy come out and play?

Can Tommy come out and play? Can Tommy come out and play?

I realize that I am only human

A mortal man fighting the forces of the heavens

I see the plague that's surely killing

Bodies eager and more than willing now

 

Major Malfunction In The Confuga Department

MAJOR MALFUNCTION IN THE CONFUGA DEPARTMENT

Written by Carroll Bryant

"This is what makes up society, we live on the borderline of insanity everyday. Everything is upside down if not backwards. What is perceived as normal has become, in all actuality, abnormal. What was once considered abnormal is currently classified as normal. The gay community has expressed its population and is now becoming a way of life. We live to give the bum some coffee money. All this talk about cracking down on drugs, how will our society function without it? How will our government function without it? For as long as there is economic stress, there will be drugs to deal with it. Pressure, peer pressure, results in pleasure, pure pleasure. Sex is the only outlet. There is a major malfunction, major malfunction, major malfunction, in the confuga department, confuga department, confuga department. Economic stress, peer pressure results into pure pleasure. There's a major malfunction in the confuga department. There's a spy in the machine."

Resurrect the dead! 

There be a coming day

Here me say it

I ... resurrect the dead

There is no other way

Here me pray it

You can push my brain to the point where I won't use it

Invade my claim to the point when it's abused

Turn off my switch

Be a bastard, be a bitch

Complicate my ways

I can't seem to care anymore

Every morning, witness my awakening

Every step I take the ground starts shaking

You can touch the sky with a dream that lives in death

Spit your shit into my eye

Like a bird I fly away

There is a major malfunction in the machine

There is a dirty word that will never wipe clean

On and on I see, running like a machine

There is a dirty word

You can wash my head to the time I won't be living

Take a piece of my bread to the time I call it giving

Push my buttons

Turn me on, turn me off

My situation is like yours, waiting for the coffin

Resurrect the dead!

I say it

I ... resurrect the dead

So pray it

Every tear you cry is nothing more than shame

Every word you hide is nothing more than games

I speak from heaven, but my demons criticize 

Politicians who know the score, and speak their lies

Be the truth

To conquer is the end

Be the youth

Mortality's only friend

There is a major malfunction in the machine

There is a dirty word that will never wipe clean

On and on I see, running like a machine

There is a dirty word

"If we take the bread off of the sandwich then it wouldn't be a sandwich, now would it? You can almost say that a hotdog isn't a hotdog until you cook it, right? So there you have the meaning of life. You don't need a diploma from Snickers Technical School in Milkyway, USA to know that the 3-Musketeers is a candy bar, do you? Trying to figure that one out? Well, figure it out on your own time - make the time, and get me the hell out of here."

There is a major malfunction in the machine

There is a dirty word that will never wipe clean

On and on I see, running like a machine

There is a dirty word

Dirty Fingers

DIRTY FINGERS - Written by Carroll Bryant

Friable, a little girl

Had to taste a nasty world

Left all alone to live in bondage

Born to one so insolent

Took away the innocence

Victim of perversion at a young, young age

You can be excused

You were abused

Physically you are drained

Mentally you went insane

Fooled by a heart that had no soul

One of heavens angels was touched by dirty fingers

I don't understand it

I'm not even gonna try

One of heavens angels was touched by dirty fingers

It's enough to make your spirit to just want to die

Revulsion lives in a little girl

Had to taste a nasty world

Feeling all alone and deflowered 

Born to be a sexual slave

She has to take that to her grave

The memory of the tragedy lives by the hour

It can't be erased

You were defaced

Physically you were robbed

Mentally you can't stop it

Fooled by a heart that had no soul

One of heavens angels was touched by dirty fingers

I don't understand it

I'm not even gonna try

One of heavens angels was touched by dirty fingers

It's enough to make your spirit to just want to die

How many tears

How many years

Will it take to reconstruct your sanity?

How many dreams

How many screams

Will it take to bring back your virginity?

Young violation is across the nation

One of heavens angels was touched by dirty fingers

I don't understand it

I'm not even gonna try

One of heavens angels was touched by dirty fingers

It's enough to make your spirit to just want to die, die, die

Fooled by a heart that had no soul

F.Y.I.

F.Y.I. - Written by Carroll Bryant

For your information I read the daily news

For your information sometimes I'm confused

For your information I believe I'm God

For your information what I am I'm not

For your information I hide things with my face

For your information I come from outer-space

For your information I can solve world peace

For your information I have an inner beast 

For your information I don't believe in drugs (just love)

For your information this hole I'm in I dug

For your information I can be so sweet

For your information my thoughts can be so mean

Why, oh why, oh my, would you think the way you do?

Why, oh why, oh my, would you think I'm not like you?

For your information I watch it on T.V.

For your information I'm not really me

For your information when I'm strong I'm weak

For your information with closed eyes I peek

For your information I can be a fool

For your information I can be so cool

For your information I can see in time

For your information I own a wicked mind

Why, oh why, oh my, would you think the way you do?

Why, oh why, oh my, would you think I'm not like you?

For your information I can't get enough

For your information I'm in lust with touch

For your information I really like it rough

For your information ... well, okay, so I like love, sue me

It happened again and I'm not surprised

Dibba-dabba-dibba-doo, that's all folks!

In The Middle of The Night

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT - Written by Carroll Bryant

Darling I miss you

Although I've tried not to

And ever since we said goodbye

I've done nothing but cry, cry, cry

And it cuts like a knife

In the middle of the night

It cuts right through me

In the middle of the night

I feel alive

I need to kiss you

But you're nowhere in sight

And ever since we said goodbye

I've done nothing but cry, cry, cry

And it cuts like a knife 

In the middle of the night

It cuts right through me

In the middle of the night

I feel alive

I want to hold you

But I know things aren't right

And ever since we said goodbye

I've done nothing but cry, cry, cry

And it cuts like a knife 

In the middle of the night

It cuts right through me

In the middle of the night

And it cuts like a knife 

In the middle of the night

It cuts right through me

In the middle of the night

I feel alive

Darling I miss you

Although I've tried not to

And ever since we said goodbye

I've done nothing but cry, cry, cry

And it cuts like a knife 

In the middle of the night

It cuts right through me

In the middle of the night

I feel alive

Up To Me

UP TO ME - Written by Carroll Bryant

I pay my dime for the action

Put in my time for satisfaction

I work so hard

I pay my dues just to get some

All that I do isn't only for the fun

I work so hard

And when I cross that finish line

That will be the day I die

You say

What I want isn't always what I need

What I want isn't up to me

I say

What I want is exactly what I need

What I want is always up to me

I pay my dime for a reason

Put in my time for mating season

I work so hard

I pay my dues to get attention

All that I do isn't for redemption

I work so hard

And when I cross that finish line

That will be the day I die

You say

What I want isn't always what I need

What I want isn't up to me

I say

What I want is exactly what I need

What I want is always up to me

I pay my dime for the excitement

Put in my time because I like it

I work so hard

I pay my dues for what I'm after

All that I do isn't for my master

I work so hard

And when I cross that finish line

That will be the day I die

You say

What I want isn't always what I need

What I want isn't up to me

I say

What I want is exactly what I need

What I want is always up to me

Believe it!

Picture This

PICTURE THIS - Written by Carroll Bryant

Picture in your heart every inch of a naked girl

Picture from the start a peaceful united world

Picture in your dreams something no one can find

Picture in your mind love and humanity 

You can't ask for nothing more than your own future or the past

You can't ask for nothing more than placing first or placing last

Picture this

Picture in your heart a touch that is discreet 

Picture from the start someone you'd like to meet

Picture in your dreams a faded memory 

Picture in your mind something no one can find

You can't ask for nothing more than your own future or the past

You can't ask for nothing more than placing first or placing last

Picture this

Picture in your heart God's wrath that we must heed

Picture from the start a burned out society 

Picture in your dreams something that's crossed the line

Picture in your mind a world working overtime 

You can't ask for nothing more than your own future or the past

You can't ask for nothing more than placing first or placing last

Picture this

You can't ask for nothing more than getting schooled or kicking ass

You can't ask for nothing more than when to cry or when to laugh

Picture this ... then picture that

Yeah!

Derail Detrain

DERAIL DETRAIN - Written by Carroll Bryant

The spirits know where to find me

No matter where I go

They're right behind me

I heed their call

They talk straight through me

Don't look now but I'm going crazy

Derail detrain

I'm running too fast 

I'm out of control

Derail detrain

Talking in silence

Soul to soul tonight

Derail detrain

Under the gun

Now watch me run

Derail detrain

Passage to heaven? 

Passage to hell?

Well, I can tell you

My angel knows when to dial my number 

No matter where I am

I hear the thunder

I heed her touch

She fills all through me

Don't look now but I'm going crazy

Derail detrain

I'm running too fast 

I'm out of control

Derail detrain

Talking in silence

Soul to soul tonight

Derail detrain

Under the gun

Now watch me run

Derail detrain

Passage to heaven? 

Passage to hell?

Well, I can tell you

I feel emotions

Some are at peace

Some at war

I am the ocean

Tame underneath 

But my waves sure love to roar

The spirits know where to find me

They burn just like a light

Sometimes it blinds me

I heed their energy

They travel through me

Don't look now but I'm going crazy

Derail detrain

I'm running too fast 

I'm out of control

Derail detrain

Talking in silence

Soul to soul tonight

Derail detrain

Under the gun

Now watch me run

Derail detrain

Passage to heaven? 

Passage to hell?

Well, I can tell you

I Don't Know

I DON'T KNOW - Written by Carroll Bryant

Children crying in the street

Tiny mouths without enough to eat

Dying people without a home

In a world with billions, and so all alone

I don't know

And I don't think I really want to

I don't know, oh no

I don't know

And I don't think I really care to

I don't know, oh no, no, no

The monsters come from whom we elect

They stab our backs and then demand respect

To sell excuses is to tell us more lies

While the boy next door is willing to die

I don't know

And I don't think I really want to

I don't know, oh no

I don't know

And I don't think I really care to

I don't know, oh no, no, no

Play around with nuclear arms

Hide past that grin and Hollywood charms

I thought you cheered for pride of the best?

Only with open eyes to find you're just like all the rest

Children crying in the street

Tiny mouths without enough to eat

Dying people without a home

In a world with billions, and so all alone

 

I don't know

And I don't think I really want to

I don't know, oh no

I don't know

And I don't think I really care to

I don't know, oh no, no, no

La Giocanda

LA GIOCANDA - Written by Carroll Bryant

Just looking at those eyes

Something wild appears behind them

I could stare at them all night

Where else on this earth to find them?

A fifteenth century dream

Placed upon a portrait picture

Raised throughout our history

1990's, what a mixture

So debutant and mild

So mature and yet a child

It's striking

Oh, my, my Mona Lisa

Won't you stay with me a while?

Oh, my, my Mona Lisa

Won't you flash me that sexy smile?

You sit there gracefully

Taken in an artists vision

Leonardo Da Vinchi 

Could have worked in television

A 20th century man

Wrapped up inside his Nintendo 

Couldn't possibly understand

And toss you outside his window

So, where on earth to have such luck?

So, you are worth a million bucks

It strikes me

Oh, my, my Mona Lisa

Won't you stay with me a while?

Oh, my, my Mona Lisa

Won't you flash me that sexy smile?

So debutant and mild

So mature and yet a child

It's striking

Oh, my, my Mona Lisa

Won't you stay with me a while?

Oh, my, my Mona Lisa

Won't you flash me that sexy smile?

It strikes me

In Deep

IN DEEP - Written by Carroll Bryant

Can't unlock the door without a key

Can't swim to shore from the middle of the sea

But you got the power that brings out my love

Can't walk a mile with another one to go

Can't paint a smile without the colors to do so

But you got the power that unleashes my beast

Another story line goes on without an end

I'm in deep

So deep

And so I buy my time in hopes I'll comprehend 

I'm in deep

So deep

Can't pay the price if by chance there is a cost

Can't play it twice when the mystery is lost

But you got the power that brings out my pain

Can't stand to choose if there is no good selection

Can't stand to lose to another provocation 

You got the power that brings out my fool

Another story line goes on without a friend

I'm in deep

So deep

And so another journey in love comes to an end

I'm deep

So deep

Feels like I'm drowning

Can't measure up to the smallest of size

I'm in deep

So deep

Can't have broken wings and still expect to fly

I'm in deep

So deep

Another story line sells out all the print

I can't eat

I can't sleep

And so I toe the line with hopes that I am it

I'm in deep

So deep

Feels like I'm drowning

Pray For us

PRAY FOR US - Written by Carroll Bryant

In the beginning our love was so right

But something was bound to happen

We hit it off and into the night

Now here we are caught in a corner

I think we have a lot of things to talk about

Pray to god to save this love

One place to start is to pray for us

True love comes but once in a lifetime

Pray for us

You never know what you might find if you'll just

Pray for us

I'm so tired of being alone

Pray for us because you are my second soul

Things were going so well and so care free

But something was bound to happen

Your feelings soon changed along with the breeze

And now here we stand, caught in a pickle

I think we have a lot of things to discuss

Pray to god to save this love

One place to start is to pray for us

True love comes but once in a lifetime

Pray for us

You never know what you might find if you'll just

Pray for us

I'm so tired of being alone

Pray for us because you are my second soul

We're just running away

So far away 

Just running away from our hearts

We can't handle a thing

Everything starts to break

We can't handle a thing that breaks apart

What do we do now?

So much confusion

We better never look down

It's just all some kind of bad illusion

We knew it was all coming  down

Something was bound to happen

Bound to happen

Now here we are trapped in a corner

I think we have a lot of things to talk about

Pray to god to save this love

One place to start is to pray for us

True love comes but once in a lifetime

Pray for us

You never know what you might find if you'll just

Pray for us

I'm so tired of being alone

Pray for us because you are my second soul

She's Got (Blondish Brown Hair And Beautiful Eyes)

SHE'S GOT (BLONDISH BROWN HAIR AND BEAUTIFUL EYES) - Written by Carroll Bryant

She's got blondish brown hair

She's got beautiful eyes

She's got lovely lips you know

She's kind of shy

She's got just what it takes to just get her by

She's got blondish brown hair

She's got beautiful eyes

I met her in a bar one summer night

With a friend she ran around with all the time

We went back to my place where we talked for a while

That's the night I fell in love with her beautiful smile

She's got blondish brown hair

She's got beautiful eyes

She's got lovely lips you know

She's kind of shy

She's got just what it takes to just get her by

She's got blondish brown hair

She's got beautiful eyes

To know her then love her is what I wanted to do

But my dream just somehow never came true

To hold her in my arms was my one fantasy

I guess I'll keep on dreaming until she falls in love with me

She's got blondish brown hair

She's got beautiful eyes

She's got lovely lips you know

She's kind of shy

She's got just what it takes to just get her by

She's got blondish brown hair

She's got beautiful eyes

I never really told her exactly how I feel

But sometime in the future I know that I will

Because I'm never gonna give up on this love of mine

And I'm gonna keep on loving her until the end of time

She's got blondish brown hair

She's got beautiful eyes

She's got lovely lips you know

She's kind of shy

She's got just what it takes to just get her by

She's got blondish brown hair

She's got beautiful eyes

Tommy And Judi

TOMMY AND JUDI - Written by Carroll Bryant

She said, "Tommy, my darling, I'm afraid it's got to end. I found another number, and the pain is more than I can stand. And Tommy, my darling, too many times you made me cry, and now I think it's best if we just say goodbye."

He said, "Judi, my darling, please let me explain. I know that you are hurting, and feeling a great deal of pain. But Judi, my darling, just give me one more try. Let's keep the fire burning. Let's not let it die."

Tommy and Judi

They're happy today

They went through hell to make it

But they made it anyway

And the dues that were forthcoming

Were almost too much to pay

But Tommy and Judi saved a love that they had to save

He said, "Judi, my darling, let's try and work it out. Let me try and tell you what I think it's all about. I have never loved a woman like I have been loving you. Just give me one more chance to prove that my love is true."

She said, "Tommy, my darling, are you sure that you're love is real? Don't go on leading me, setting me up for the kill. And Tommy, my darling, you will have to prove your love for me because if you make one more mistake I'll have to set you free."

Tommy and Judi 

They're happy today

They went through hell to make it

But they made it anyway

And the dues that were forthcoming

Were almost too much to pay

But Tommy and Judi saved a love that they had to save

Into The Night

INTO THE NIGHT - Written by Carroll Bryant

Take my breath away

That's all you do

Every night just the same

I think of you

How can you turn and head another direction?

While I stand here waiting for affection?

Drive myself to extremes 

That all it be

Every night just the dreams

I think it's mean

How can you just pretend that I don't exist

While I stand here waiting for your kiss

Into the night

It feels so cold

Into the night, and still all alone

Into the night 

You disappear 

Into the night and I need you 

I need you here

Break my broken heart

That's all you do

Every night play the part

Cruel to the fool

How can you turn and walk away time and again

While I stand here waiting for you to be my sin

Bring myself to take a drink

I'm so uncouth 

Every night a fantasy

That's so uncool

How can you just pretend that I'm not even there

While I stand here waiting for you to even care

Into the night

It feels so cold

Into the night, and still all alone

Into the night 

You disappear 

Into the night and I need you 

I need you here

Standfast

STANDFAST - Written by Carroll Bryant

Standfast

I feel like I am going down

Standfast

My head is spinning all around

How long will this demon posses me inside?

Standfast

My heart is just about to break

Standfast

I made another me mistake

How long until my thoughts find a place to hide?

Spirits ever flying so wild in the night

Push a different button

Hold someone else real tight

While deep in the heart of my soul

I'm dreaming of another girl

A volcano erupts in the center of my mind

Nothing ever changes

I heard it all before

Love is a broken female that I adore

A picture of the losers face

Watching as I throw it all away

In the middle of another emotional war

Standfast

I feel another attack

Standfast

Doubting if I'll make it back

What for? I guess I really never know

Standfast

It came and left so soon

Standfast

Staring at the sun like the mooon

So far, it's drifting away from me

Bless all the victories, and damn those who lose

Left over memories for all the confused

Conquering the power from which sorcery dwells

Always, a broken heart is another word for hell

Keep on with the whispers

And shut yourself out

Screaming with a bloody passion

Lost inside a rotisserie cloud

Standfast

It's the end of another loveline

Standfast

Such a waste of the sunshine

Sometimes, it's so hard to let a good thing go

Standfast

Goobye to another century

Standfast

Burn up of electricity 

So cold to watch the rain turn into snow

Standfast