Songs About / On: LAUGHTER

You're a BLACK BUTTERFLY
With your wings frayed and torn,
Laughter's your's so is scorn
As they point to you in shame.
You're a BLACK BUTTERFLY read more »

Never since I met you
Did you let me in
Even when I let you
You wouldn’t call me friend
Pedal to the metal
Mister, it’s a sin
Getting so down
I’d give you solid gold
Just for your finger
You get the medal
For getting so down
I guess you didn’t see that sky
When the clouds are turned to isles
I was glad when you couldn’t hear me
Nervous laughter when you shouted and cursed
I’m not saying I understand
Lord knows who can understand
Life can be an awful plan
And yours it ain’t the read more »

Can I pick you up from school
Can I take a walk with you
Pogo the clown is the man
With the funny red nose
Let me touch your virgin flesh read more »

(mark mancina)

Miles away
The light in the distance looks miles away
Tired of resistance and turned away
Going back to the holy land
Last night your anger was born again
Carry the torch in your heart
And your anger on the vine
Still buried in your pride read more »

I believe the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
Let the children's laughter remind us of how it use to be read more »

life in the circus ain't easy
but the folks on the outside don't know
the tent goes up and the tent comes down
and all that they see is the show
and the ladies on the horses look so pretty
and the lions are lookin real mad
and some of the clowns are happy
and some of the clowns are sad

but underneath
there's another expression
that the makeup isn't making
life under the big top
it's about freedom
it's about faking
there's an art to the laughter
there's a science
and there's a lot of love
and compliance

welcoem to the freakshow
here we go...

we live to hear the slack-jawed gasping
we live under a halo of held breath
and when the children raise up a giant shield
of laughter, it's like they're fending off death
and we can make somethig bigger
then anyone of us alone
and then the clowns will take off their makeup
and the people will go home

but life on the outside ain't easy
no sequins, no elephants,
no parading around
yeah, the tent goes up
and the tent comes down
and they're stuck in this fucking town

you need a lot of love and compliance

welcome to the freakshow
here we go read more »

Never since I met you
Did you let me in
Even when I let you
You wouldn't call me friend
Pedal to the metal read more »

As I drift away... far away from you,
I feel all alone in a crowded room,
Thinking to myself
"There's no escape from this
fear
regret
loneliness..." read more »

Rise
The madness of a big city where in the evening near
Walls stare crippeled trees
Ghost of the bad
Wearing a silver mask with magnetic scourge
Thrust aside my death in stary night read more »

I’m starting a landslide in my ego.
Look from the outside to the world I left behind.
I’m dreaming, you’re awake.
If I were sleeping,
Once I’d say
A day without me. read more »