Saturday, May 31, 2014

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




Thursday, May 29, 2014

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


 

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

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




Sunday, May 25, 2014

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




Saturday, May 24, 2014

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!



Wednesday, May 21, 2014

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




Monday, May 19, 2014

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!



Sunday, May 18, 2014

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!


Saturday, May 17, 2014

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


Thursday, May 15, 2014

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


Tuesday, May 13, 2014

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


Monday, May 12, 2014

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




Sunday, May 11, 2014

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



Friday, May 9, 2014

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



Wednesday, May 7, 2014

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




Tuesday, May 6, 2014

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





Monday, May 5, 2014

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