The Bruisers Album

It doesn't pay to try
All the smart boys know why
It doesn't mean, I didn't try
I just never know, why
It's isn't 'cause I'm all alone
Oh, baby, you're not home
And when I'm home
Big deal, I'm still alone
It's so restless, I am
Beat my head against a pole
Try to knock some sense, down 'side my bones
And even though it don't show
Those guys are so old

You can't put your arms around a memory
You can't put your arms around a memory
You can't put your arms around a memory
Don't try

You're just a basket case
And you got no name
Could you live with me
Go on and say
And even though it don't show
Those guys are so old

You can't put your arms around a memory
You can't put your arms around a memory
You can't put your arms around a memory
Don't try

Looks like I've been down this road before
The faces look all the same
Another path I've gone already
With my future hanging over a drain
Give me a push when I'm down
I can take all that you got
Because my life has delt some blows already
but I'm still standing up

My back up against a wall
Don't know if I can swim
Is my time running out
Could this really be the end

Time keeps going by everyday
Well you can't stop the tide
You have got to jump up and grab everything
Or you are going to get left behind
Its much easier to look outside
Than it is to look within
Easier to blame the other guy
you know it had to be him

Self righteous, here I stand
And I'm blaming everyone
Got my future in my hands
Its like a bullet in the chamber of a gun

Looks like I've been down this road before
The faces look all the same
Another path I've gone already
With my future hanging over a drain
Give me a push when I'm down
I can take all that you got
Because my life has delt some blows already
but I'm still standing up

Friday night I crashed your party,
Saturday I said I'm sorry
Sunday came and trashed me out again.
I was only having fun,
wasn't hurting anyone
And we all enjoyed the weekend for a change.
I've been stranded in the combat zone,
I walked through Bedford sty alone
Even rode my motorcycle in the rain.
And you told me not to drive
but I made it home alive
so you said that only proves that I'm insane.

You may be right,
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
Turn out the light,
Don't try to save me
You may be wrong for all I know, you may be right

Remember how I found you there, alone in your electric chair
I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
You were lonely for a man,
I said take me as I am
Cause you might enjoy
Some madness for a while.
Now think of all the years you tried
To find some one to satisfy you
I might be as crazy as you say.
If I'm crazy then it's true,
That it's all because of you
And you wouldn't want me any other way

You may be right,
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
Turn out the light,
Don't try to save me
You may be wrong for all I know, you may be right

Well he got on a train at a really young age
Ain't seen the sun since that fateful day
Got a on a train at the age of 18
You should have seen just what he seen

A long car train where there ain't no stops
Taking a ride but you can't get off
Mainliner, mainliner screaming down the tracks
Once you get on board that mainline train
There ain't no coming back
You used up your friends used up your cash
Get on the train and man your gonna crash
Mainliner, mainliner screaming down the tracks

Well you lied to your friends about all your pain
Said that you'd never get on that train
Look for a distant town and now
you're never coming down from

A long car train where there ain't no stops
Taking a ride but you can't get off
Mainliner, mainliner screaming down the tracks
Once you get on board that mainline train
There ain't no coming back
You used up your friends used up your cash
Get on the train and man your gonna crash
Mainliner, mainliner screaming down the tracks

I saw your mama just the other day
She said that you had passed away
The train derailed right off the track
And now we know you're never coming back from

A long car train where there ain't no stops
Taking a ride but you can't get off
Mainliner, mainliner screaming down the tracks
Once you get on board that mainline train
There ain't no coming back
You used up your friends used up your cash
Get on the train and man your gonna crash
Mainliner, mainliner screaming down the tracks

I just cant take much more of this oppression
I'm going out of my head and its losing that impression
I'm gonna go out for a walk
I'm gonna sit down and have talk
There asking me how
And they're asking me why
Have you ever seen grown men cry

Police, police, police oppression
Police, police, police oppression

I really find it hard even walking around the streets
Hey I know you son I'll knock you off your feet
Same number a million times before
Shut your mouth son or I'll knock you on the floor

Police, police, police oppression
Police, police, police oppression

I just cant take much more of this oppression
I'm going out of my head and its getting that impression
I'm gonna go out for a walk
I'm gonna sit down and have talk
There asking me how
And they're asking me why
Have you ever seen grown men cry

Police, police, police oppression
Police, police, police oppression

Lying in the cells is really no fun
Count the bricks learning some tricks
Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies
Is being different really a crime
When you ask for some respect
Give some back it just might work

Police, police, police oppression
Police, police, police oppression