The Lyrics Thread-Part II

yes… i’ve killed men for less.

I don’t mind Johnny Cash and I still think that isn’t a well thought out answer. (Even though that doesn’t make a lot of sense it is nicer than what I was gonna post.)

ohh i have most every johnny cash cd… i just think respect should go where it’s due. reznor is responsible for those deep lyrics, not johnny. i should have probably thrown a smiley face in there or something… i was being facetious. :content: :grin: :tongue: :content: :grin: :tongue: :eh: :grrr: :peek:

Yeah it was a real big deal last year (I think) when an old guy like Cash covered Reznor’s geniusly dark song.

Opeth - Windowpane

Blank face in the windowpane
Made clear in seconds of light
Disappears and returns again
Counting hours, searching the night

Might be waiting for someone
Might be there for us to see
Might be in need of talking
Might be staring directly at me

Inside plays a lullaby
Slurred voice over children cries
On the inside

Haunting loneliness in the eye
Skin covering a secret scar
His hand is waving a goodbye
There’s no response or action returned

There is deep prejudice in me
Outshines all reason inside
Given dreams all ridden with pain
And projected unto the last[/u]

[color=red]FFEAR - Pulp

This is our “Music from A Bachelors Den” -
the sound of loneliness turned up to ten.
A horror soundtrack from a stagnant water-bed
And it sounds just like this.
This is the sound of someone losing the plot -
making out that they’re okay when they’re not.
You’re gonna like it,
but not a lot
and the chorus goes like this:

Oh baby,
here comes the fear again.
The end is near again.
A monkey’s built a house on your back.
You can’t get anyone to come in the sack
and here comes another panic attack
Oh here we go again.

So now you know the words to our song,
pretty soon you’ll all be singing along.
When you’re sad, when you’re lonely
and it all turns out wrong.
When you’ve got the fear.
And when you’re no longer searching
for beauty or love -
just some kind of life
with the edges taken off.
When you can’t even define what it is that you’re frightened of
this song will be here.

Oh baby,
here comes the fear again.
The end is near again.
If you ever get that chimp off your back.
If you ever find the thing that you lack
but you know you’re only having a laugh
and here we go again.
Until the end.
[/color]

[color=blue]Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks

Goodbye to you, my trusted friend.
We’ve known each other since we’re nine or ten.
Together we climbed hills or trees.
Learned of love and ABC’s,
skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.
Goodbye my friend, it’s hard to die,
when all the birds are singing in the sky,
Now that the spring is in the air.
Pretty girls are everywhere.
When you see them I’ll be there.
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.
But the hills that we climbed
were just seasons out of time.
Goodbye, Papa, please pray for me,
I was the black sheep of the family.
You tried to teach me right from wrong.
Too much wine and too much song,
wonder how I get along.
Goodbye, Papa, it’s hard to die
when all the birds are singing in the sky,
Now that the spring is in the air.
Little children everywhere.
When you see them I’ll be there.
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.
But the wine and the song,
like the seasons, all have gone.
Goodbye, Michelle, my little one.
You gave me love and helped me find the sun.
And every time that I was down
you would always come around
and get my feet back on the ground.
Goodbye, Michelle, it’s hard to die
when all the bird are singing in the sky,
Now that the spring is in the air.
With the flowers ev’rywhere.
I whish that we could both be there.
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.
But the stars we could reach
were just starfishs on the beach [/color]

Seasons in the sun -it’s beautiful.

Mad World - Gary Jules

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, Worn out faces
Bright and early for the daily races
Going nowhere, Going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, No expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrows
No tomorrow, No tomorrow

Chorus
And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad
These dreams in which i’m dying, Are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles its a very very
Mad World, Mad World

Verse 2
Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
And they feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, Sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, No one knew me
Hello teacher tell me whats my lesson
Look right through me, Look right through me

Chorus
And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which i’m dying, Are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it’s a very very
Mad World, Mad World

Here’s som lyrics.

[color=green]Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick

Led Zeppelin - Black Mountain Side[/color]

:happy: :happy: But seriously, here I’ll post some Pink Floyd. They are my favorite band, anyone else like them? I’ll post lyrics off my favorite album

Pink Floyd - Dogs

You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need
You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you’re on the street
You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed
And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight
You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking.

And after a while, you can work on points for style
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake
A certain look in the eye, and an easy smile
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to
So that when they turn their backs on you
You’ll get the chance to put the knife in.

You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder
You know it’s going to get harder, and harder, and harder as you get older
And in the end you’ll pack, fly down south
Hide your head in the sand
Just another sad old man
All alone and dying of cancer.

And when you loose control, you’ll reap the harvest that you’ve sown
And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone
And it’s too late to loose the weight you used to need to throw around
So have a good drown, as you go down alone
Dragged down by the stone.

I gotta admit that I’m a little bit confused
Sometimes it seems to me as if I’m just being used
Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake of this creeping malaise
If I don’t stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this maze?

Deaf, dumb, and blind, you just keep on pretending
That everyone’s expendable and no-one had a real friend
And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner
And you believe at heart, everyone’s a killer.

Who was born in a house full of pain
Who was trained not to spit in the fan
Who was told what to do by the man
Who was broken by trained personnel
Who was fitted with collar and chain
Who was given a seat in the stand
Who was breaking away from the pack
Who was only a stranger at home
Who was ground down in the end
Who was found dead on the phone
Who was dragged down by the stone.

the man in the moon is sideways over the road
we’ll take that man with us wherever we go
down through the hills, we walk on cat’s tongues
sleep all day when the sun wakes up
once in a blue moon.

thats all i have so far. it was inspired by this last weekend.

WORDS Bee Gees

Smile an everlasting smile, a smile can bring you near to me.
Don’t ever let me find you down, cause that would bring a tear to me.
This world has lost its glory, let’s start a brand new story now, my love.
Right now, there’ll be no other time and I can show you how, my love.

Talk in everlasting words, and dedicate them all to me.
And I will give you all my life, I’m here if you should call to me.
You think that I don’t even mean a single word I say.
It’s only words, and words are all I have, to take your heart away

RUBBER BULLETS 10cc

I went to a party at the local county jail
All the cons were dancing and the band began to wail
But the guys were indiscreet
They were brawling in the street
At the local dance at the local county jail
Well the band were playing
And the booze began to flow
But the sound came over on the police car radio
Down at Precinct 49
Having a tear-gas of a time
Sergeant Baker got a call from the governor of the county jail
Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets
Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets
I love to hear those convicts squeal
It’s a shame these slugs ain’t real
But we can’t have dancin’ at the local county jail
Sergeant Baker and his men made a bee-line for the jail
And for miles around
You could hear the sirens wail
There’s a rumor goin’ round death row
That a fuse is gonna blow
At the local hop at the local county jail
Whatcha gonna do about it, whatcha gonna do
Whatcha gonna do about it, whatcha gonna do
Sergeant Baker started talkin’
With a bullhorn in his hand
He was cool, he was clear
He was always in command
He said Blood will flow;
Here Padre
Padre you talk to your boys…
Trust in me -
God will come to set you free
Well we don’t understand
Why you called in the National Guard
When Uncle Sam is the one
Who belongs in the exercise yard
We all got balls and brains
But some’s got balls and chains
At the local dance at the local county jail
Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets
Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets
Is it really such a crime
For a guy to spend his time
At the local dance at the local county jail
At the local dance at the local county jail
Whatcha gonna do about it, whatcha gonna do
Whatcha gonna do about it, whatcha gonna do

heh i first heard this song last night :confused: but i love the song now hehe ok i was laying in bed going to sleep and i had new songs that i had just downloaded to see if they were any good playing while i went to sleep and i got that feeling like sombody was in the room :bored: then the next song played and it was this

EVANESCENCE LYRICS

“Whisper”

Catch me as I fall
Say you’re here and it’s all over now
Speaking to the atmosphere
No one’s here and I fall into myself
This truth drives me
Into madness
I know I can stop the pain
If I will it all away

[Chorus:]
Don’t turn away
(Don’t give in to the pain)
Don’t try to hide
(Though they’re screaming your name)
Don’t close your eyes
(God knows what lies behind them)
Don’t turn out the light
(Never sleep never die)

I’m frightened by what I see
But somehow I know
That there’s much more to come
Immobilized by my fear
And soon to be
Blinded by tears
I can stop the pain
If I will it all away

[Chorus]

Fallen angels at my feet
Whispered voices at my ear
Death before my eyes
Lying next to me I fear
She beckons me
Shall I give in
Upon my end shall I begin
Forsaking all I’ve fallen for
I rise to meet my end

[Chorus x3]
Servatis a pereculum.
Servatis a maleficum

heh ya that was weird to hear at that time haha and then a few mins ago i heard this one which is pretty cool

EVANESCENCE LYRICS

“Imaginary (Origin)”

Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming
Cannot cease for the fear of silent nights
Oh how I long for the deep sleep dreaming
The goddess of imaginary light

In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me

I linger in the doorway
Of alarm clock screaming
Monsters calling my name
Let me stay
Where the wind will whisper to me
Where the raindrops
As they’re falling tell a story

If you need to leave the world you live in
Lay your head down and stay awhile
Though you may not remember dreaming
Something waits for you to breathe again

In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me

i swear it’s lucid dreams!!! :razz: even if they didn’t know it hehe

From Astral Projection - People Can Fly (the BEST goatrack ever made imo :smile: ):

[i]When you dream,
There are no rules
People can fly,
Anything can happen…

Sometimes,
There’s a moment as you’re waking
When you become aware of the real world around you,
But you’re still dreaming.[/i]

It’s actually a quote taken from the movie Kalifornia.

Trying to live life cherishing what I have, trying to be happy without desiring too much or too unrealistic things, realising all I need is a beer and my music. Now, for some good friends who like the same…

I luuuuv that Astral Projection song aswell Mystic. :content:

Here comes some lyrics from psychadelic prog rock(at least most of the early productions) band Porcupine Tree.

Porcupine Tree - The Nostalgia Factory

Lyrics: Alan Duffy / Music: Steven Wilson

A Caterpillar crawled to me one day and said
“Oh what the hell goes on inside your swollen head?
I don’t believe that you can see as much as I
Now close your eyes and tell me what do you say?”

[i]"I watched nine cats dance on the moon
A flamingo stalked into my room
It bowed its head to me and knelt
To reveal the cards it had dealt
An ace, three jacks, two queens, four kings
Then turned them into burning rings
The flames jumped out and chased four mice
Caught by their tails they turned to ice

A cloud appeared outside my door
And through the window saw four more
And on the back of each cloud sat
Two rainbow smiles in wizard’s hats
They threw five clocks down on my bed
The chimes danced out on golden threads
And turned to footprints on my wall
Sequined tears began to fall"
[/i]
The caterpillar gasped at me and said
"My god if that’s what’s going on inside your head
You can see so much more than I
I think it’s time to turn into a butterfly
."

It’s been some time :content:

A Perfect Circle “Gravity”
[color=orange]Lost again
Broken and weary
Unable to find my way
Tail in hand
Dizzy and clearly unable to
Just let this go

I am surrendering to gravity and the unknown
Catch me heal me lift me back up to the sun
I choose to live

I fell again
Like a baby unable to stand on my own
Tail in hand
Dizzy and clearly unable to just let this go
I am surrendering to gravity and the unknown
Catch me heal me lift me back up to the sun
I choose to live, I choose to live, I choose to live

Catch me heal me lift me back unto the sun
Help me survive the bottom

Calm these hands before they
Snare another pill and
Drive another nail down another
Needy hole please release me

I am surrendering to gravity and the unknown
Catch me heal me lift me back up to the sun
I choose to live, I choose to live[/color]

Primus
“Groundhog’s Day”
[color=darkblue]When i woke up this mornin’ i felt a pang.
I was hungerin’ for some apple pie.
Stumble in the bathroom, hung my hog a little bit.
Washed the sleep out of my eye.
Oh yeah, it’s gonna be a fine day.
Scratched myself a bit.
Poured me out a bowl-a corn chex.
Closest thing i could find to apple pie.
Lingerin’ taste of toothpaste
Made the milk go down a bit funny.
But you know, them chex they do satisfy.
Oh yeah, this’ll be a fine day.
So, after my mornin’ rise-n-shine and eat-n-clean.
Had my mind set to hit them streets.
Drizzle from the night left cold puddles out.
Had my black stomp-boots on my feet.
It’s my day.

Since i was in kneepants my pop had tried to make me realize. if i
Set my mind down to it i could be a big man in the public eye. so
With my big blue collar on, i set out to find the easy way. what an
Ice cold bath it was when i found you had to pay to play. to taste
The taste it’s a tease that never would subside. the taste is strong
But soured by my learned eyes. well, if a woodchuck could chuck wood,
He’d get down on his knees to pray. this little snappy boy might see
The light this ground hog’s day.[/color]

Black Sabbath
“Wheels of Confusion”
[color=red][b]Long ago i wandered through my mind
In the land of fairy tales and stories
Lost in happiness i had no fears
Innocence and love was all i knew
Was it illusion?

Soon the days went passing into years
Happiness just didn’t come so easy
Life was born of fairy tales and daydreams
Innocence was just another word
Was it illusion?

Lost in the wheels of confusion
Running through furnace of tears
Eyes full of angered illusion
Hiding in every ???

So i found that life is just a game
But you know there’s never been a winner
Try your hardest, just to be a loser
The world will still be turning when you’re gone
Yeah when you’re gone![/b][/color]

Challice - A Semblance Of Sanity

A mighty and unprecedented thought
A vagrant memory from wilderness
Where the civil and the servant are sought
And tracing living death is frivolous
It’s this I leave for you alone to press
Yet comprehension I doubt for myself
The cane that leads the blinded but a guess
This trivial barometer of health
A reckoning of sorts, 'twas left upon the shelf

A tectonic fault plagues the mind of man
The blameless shame of dreams undreamt within
I am the echoed conflict, not the span
The pleasure of the motive, then the sin
Stigmata is the shepherd of the skin
The cloak of greater chaos shields the sane
From inertia of the linear spin
The rupture of the twist imbibes the brain
From where I cast the cane, so too doth come your flame

A rooftop dungeon and jigsaw romance
Permeates the refuge of unreason
The conceptual conclave - change each stance
Through varied mutations of the season
By soul and mind conspiring to treason
To unify and segregate as one
Always is the remnant of a lesion
Out frailty inherent in the sun

The madness has been spun, our web design undone

On gaining sanity - we think alone
A mosaic of ancient hopes, we hold the chisel
But we dare not touch the stone
One cannot break the magic from the mould
Nor know the fate of dice that haven’t rolled
Stack your unmatched driftwood upon the pyre
Then dare to think the madness is controlled
So as you pause, fool… bleeding from the wire
From where you lost the flame
So too doth come my fire

Damn good song, its 15 minutes long… but worth it.

Dark Tranquillity - Punish My Heaven

We are the outstretched fingers
That seize and hold the wind…

The strangeness of awakening
In an oh so silent world
Breathlessly waiting
For the first proud beams of light
As the hours grow longer
And the shadows never fall
My sky has forsaken me
My desperation grows

Bring me the light
In the darkness that never ends
The dawn will never come
Punish my heaven

We have arrived
At the outermost crossroads
The charge of cosmos
At our atmospheric skies
Will cause our fall

If I had wings, would I be forgiving?
If I had horns
Would there be flames to shy my smile?

Hymns of loss are heard
From the masses in the streets
Praising the last of days
I punish

Bring me the night
In the fires that never end
The dawn will never come
Punish my heaven

The charge of cosmos
Charging at us from unearthly distance
I challenge the universe
It’s the choice between heaven and hell

My soul bears all the weight of mountains
As mankind weaves its silent end
Can there be no forgiveness?
I curse the heaven above me
As the light sinks through
My outstretched fingers
Fading in my open arms

Make each tear in my bare hands
A lifetime in hell

On this last day of light
When our autumn leaves fell
And as heaven itself commands me
Out of its lair
My face lined with darkness I’ll go!

One of the best songs on earth!

Dark Tranquillity - Insanity’s Crescendo

Gently hold our heads
gently hold our heads on high

Aimless time in fear new hide
overthrow the plan
confusion lies in all my words
mad is the soul

We barricade ourselves in holes of temperament
this is the dawning of a new age
A heart that beats the wrong way
insanity’s crescendo

Windcolour - second sight
a touch of silence and the violence of dark
Illusion span - the aroma of time
shadowlife and the scent of nothingness

Infinite fall of instinct
order of one spells deceit
Infinite lack of trust
order of one obsolete

Oh escaping time is all we lost ahead?
When it’s found, can judgement make amends?

From force-fed impressions
let us mortify the mind
each soul to violate
each instinct to be rendered false

Torn asunder be the conventional forms and frames
now for the blood of heaven
Unlearn and the cleansing comes

Fell a tremor in the pillars of the senses
Cursed victim of a distance near
The first dreams - the clearest vision

Aimlessly steer towards our night
we belong to thee
Oh dearest bliss, unnerving silence
entangled within

Dimly begotten in clarity found
virginlike tears for impurity bound
Beseech he who darken the stars and the sky
to greet now this vision an emerald dawn

Empty the sun - carve out the wind
Insanity’s crescendo
tear out the blinded eye

Lament of thunder - take comfort in fear
lightning veins in crude exterior
Voice the oppression - voice the hypocrisy
lay down the law that made instince fall

Escape now and revert
this cleansing rebirth
torn asunder be
Affect me not; darkened vision
insanity’s crescendo

Grimly tread the footsteps torn
rebellious stand the seeker tall
The thorn of insanity’s hand
take this darkened vision from my sight

Nailed to the image of ignorance
Each soul to violate
for the blood of heaven

What can i say, Dark Tranquillity just rocks!

Dark Tranquillity - Haven

now as the lights go down
deeper now it seems than long before
there are no noises here
just a silence gone bad
something I will never hide
this urging need to

invite the darkside in
into my haven

if there were words for this
would i sing or would i scream?
i’d give my blood to stay
my blood just to stay right here
something can never share
this urging need to

invite the darkside in
into my haven

Rockin!

Out here in the fields
I fight for my meals
I get my back into my living
I don’t need to fight
To prove I’m right
I don’t need to be forgiven

Don’t cry
Don’t raise your eye
It’s only teenage wasteland

Sally ,take my hand
Travel south crossland
Put out the fire
Don’t look past my shoulder
The exodus is here
The happy ones are near
Let’s get together
Before we get much older

Teenage wasteland
It’s only teenage wasteland
Teenage wasteland
Oh, oh
Teenage wasteland
They’re all wasted!
:content:

Radiohead - Nice Dream
They love me like I was a brother
They protect me, listen to me
They dug me my very own garden
Gave me sunshine, made me happy

Nice dream, nice dream
Nice dream

I call up my friend, the good angel
But she’s out with her answerphone
She says she would love to come help but
The sea would electrocute us all

Nice dream, nice dream
Nice dream, nice dream
Nice dream, nice dream
Nice dream

If you think that you’re strong enough
If you think you belong enough
If you think that you’re strong enough
If you think you belong enough

[Just as well Just as well Just as well]

Nice dream, nice dream
Nice dream, nice dream

“The lyrics came out of a half-drunk dream I had, one of those where you don’t really sleep properly. It’s about our relationship with people generally.”

I guessed right about what the lyrics are suppose to be about. Don’t ask me where i got the idea about Hurt before. I’ll just blame my playlist - always a reliable source…

this is a great song:

Small Town (Thousand Foot Krutch)

Verse 1
I heard a place not too far from here,
Is handing out answers,
About why we are here,
And it’s a small town in a small world,
And the congregation’s small too,
But somehow I think they’re telling the truth

And in the same small town there is a girl,
She’s a good looker but she’s mad at the world,
And she’s wondering about tomorrow and why she’s here,
She’s sick and tired of using her sleeves to wipe her tears

Chorus
And oh oh,
You can tell by the look that’s in her eyes,
She’s not that well,
She’s wishing someone would close their eyes,
And picture this for just a moment to theirselves

Bridge
And oh, at least that’s what they say [x5] Verse 2
She sits alone,
She’s a re-run queen,
The sun shines through her window,
Enough to make out her figurine,
The neighbours look at her strange,
'Cos she’s lived there her whole life,
And they still don’t know her name,
She likes to keep to herself,
'Cos she can’t find nobody else

Chorus

Bridge 2
And oh, at least that’s what they say, yeah,
That’s what they say [x2]
And oh, at least that’s what they say, yeah

What they say [x4]
I don’t care
What they say [x4]
I don’t care
What they say [x4]
I don’t care
Nooo…

Verse 3
She wanders through the town,
To find this place she’s heard about,
Thinking maybe they can figure out what’s wrong,
And oh, they greet her with a smile,
Saying they’ve been waiting for quite some while,
Just to let her know she’s worth more than she’s ever dreamed of,
And her heart opens wide,
And for the first time in her life,
She feels the touch of Jesus deep inside,
And oh, she wonders what went wrong,
In a town where nothing’s going on,
And thinks of all the others that she knows

Bridge 3
And she said [x9]
Wanna leave out her name [x7]
Nooo [x7]

Verse 3

LAZY

[i]-I-I-I’m wicked and I’m lazy
Ooooh, don’t you wanna save me
I’m lazy when I’m lovin’, I’m lazy when I play
I’m lazy with my girlfriend a thousand times a day
I’m lazy when I’m speaking, I’m lazy when I walk
I’m lazy when I’m dancin’ and I’m lazy when I talk

I open up my mouth, it comes rushin’ out
Nothin’, doin’ nadda, never, how you like me now?
Wouldn’t it be mad, wouldn’t it be fine
Lazy, lucky lady, dancin’, lovin’ all the time

I-I-I-I’m wicked and I’m lazy
Ooooh, don’t you wanna save me
Some folks they got money an’ some folks lives are sweet
Some folks make decisions an’ some folks clean the streets, now
Imagine what it feels like, imagine how it sounds
Imagine life is perfect an’ everything works out

No tears are fallin’ from my eyes I’m keepin’ all the pain inside
Now don’t you wanna live with me? I’m lazy as a man can be!

I-I-I-I’m wicked and I’m lazy
Ooooh, don’t you wanna save me

Imagine there’s a girlfriend, imagine there’s a job
Imagine there’s an answer, imagine there’s a God
Imagine I’m a Devil, imagine I’m a Saint
Lazy money, lazy sexy, lazy outta space!

No tears are fallin’ from my eyes
I’m keepin’ all the pain inside
Now don’t you wanna live with me?
I’m lazy as a man can be!

I-I-I-I’m wicked and I’m lazy
Ooooh, don’t you wanna save me

Lazy when I work, lazy on the bed
Screamin’ all you like, but it only fades away
I’m lazy when I’m prayin’, lazy on the job
Got a lazy mind, a lazy eye, a lazy lazy father

Hard men, hard lives
Hard keepin’ it all inside
Good times, good God
I’m so lazy I almost stop!

cough

I-I-I-I’m wicked and I’m lazy
Ooooh, don’t you wanna save me

I-I-I-I’m wicked and I’m lazy
Ooooh, don’t you wanna save me [/i]

TODAY I KILLED A MAN

[i]Today I killed a man I didn’t know
I held my rifle high and shot him low
I’d like to think he really was to blame
Well I never knew or never will his name

I guess that someone, somewhere knew him well
And they’ll cry when they’re told that he has fell
But it’s hard for me to think of him as good
'Cause he’d done me just the same if he could

Oh mother, oh mama, I’m so cold
And I feel like I am quickly growing old
So I hope you are thinking of your son
'Cause tomorrow morning I’ll be twenty-one

Oh Johnny Ray, Johnny Ray, oh, he don’t worry now
He don’t wonder how

Today my sergeant told me I’ve done well
That I’d sent another Southern boy to hell
But I can’t help wondering about the lost of life
And if that rebel soldier had a wife

Oh mama, oh mam, I’m so cold
And the good book doesn’t help me like you told
'Cause it don’t tell me if I’m right or wrong
Or when this war will end, just how long

Oh mama, oh mama, I’m so cold
And I feel I am quickly growing old
So I hope that you are thinking of your son
'Cause tomorrow morning I’ll be twenty-one[/i]