AMPLIFIER LYRICS

1. Magic Carpet

2. Black Rainbow

Well there’s times that a man feels like he can’t go on
Feeling the same way he did yesterday
Well it’s got to be wrong
I’ve got two eyes to see out of and a human soul
So ride the Black Rainbow right down into it just as far as it goes
Let’s do it

And there’s times that a woman – well she just won’t be wrong
She’s going to drum that fact right in to me till I’m singing her song
I’ve got a headful of troubles and a coffin of gold
So ride the black rainbow right down into it
Until it fits you good

And I’m going to sing my song
Been stuck in a throat far too long
And I’m going to get me gone
Going to get me some#

Well
We did it again

3. Named After Rocky

Paper man – hey ain’t you champion?
A lightnin’ rod for disaster
Carved your name upon each pay check
Take a leap of faith into the dark
If you don’t know where to start
Well the top of the heap is very far
That much I know

And all the rainbows in the sky
And all the money in the world is all the same to me
Cause who’s the winner – who can tell
Upon the road straight to hell
Dance toe to toe with the devil and I’m gonna do you proud
I’m gonna make you proud

And as cold as the neon light is
Well it’s warm enough for me
Cause every man was born to shine
Seeing his name on a west end sign
When you get your chance – you don’t ask why
You just jump and fly
Real men don’t cry

Real men don’t cry

4. Cat's Cradle

Well the world is like a cat’s cradle
Too much tension in a cat’s cradle

Worked your hands to the bone
Paid the price on the merry-go-round
Show me the future Mrs jones
Hold on tight – don’t let the cradle fall

Been hanging about in your cat’s cradle
Been swinging on the fingers of
Wont you show me the door to a sticky cat’s cradle
Don’t let the cradle fall

No fun being a mouse today
Been walking the streets in a daze
And I’m gonna say that there’s a whole lot of shaking going on
There’s some freaky shit going down
Is there a shadow miss jones on the bedroom door
Hold on tight
Don’t let the cradle fall

5. Bride

Born in the wonder time
Been burnt by the lights that shine
Alive in the dying days
Unable to change my ways

Born in the golden years
They shaped all of my fears
With brides for Frankenstein
Born in the wonder time
Yes I was

Born on a silver spoon
It slipped away too soon
And 1999
Born in the wondertime

Oh yes I was

6. Open Up

Been counting off the days
That you've been on my mind
Well, I'm just your prisoner
Who's trapped within these foolish walls

Girl, if you believe in my
If only for a minute
If you'd only take a look inside
Well, I left you a clue to find
In every place I've been
Well, are you looking for a man
To try to solve?
Well, to open up?
Won't you open up?
Won't you open up?

And now I swear
That I won't try to pretend
That I ain't your suicide—
The devil inside whispering:
"Well, can we come alive?"

Girl, if you believe in my
If only for a minute
If you'd only take a look inside
Well, I left you a clue to find
In every place I've been
Well, are you looking for a man
To try to solve?
Well, to open up?

If you believe in my
If only for a minute
If you'd only take a look inside
Well, I left you a clue to find
In every place I've been
Well, are you looking for a man
To try to solve?
Well, to open up?
Won't you open up?
Won't you open up?

7. Meld (Summer Of Love)

[Bonus Track On Media Book Version]

Did you hear the radio play our song
In the static in the air all night long
It’s a hot winner and I’m Hi/Lo in love
Hi/Lo in love, Summer of love

With the rays of the sun everybody join in
Something inside of you calling
Something inside of me calling
We can be one

Get ready for love
We’re already headed for the bosom of awesome
We came to preside upon
Let it come and meld every heart
In the sun
We won’t tell no one
When the world come undone
Summer Of Love


So ride the river wide to work each day
And carry worries far away
Gonna lift us up
Let the devil’s tide take us home

Cause they’ll try to water you down
You know what they’ll say
Alive in the sun

Come on day or night
we won’t tell no one

8. OMG

In the cold light of day
And the blast of the moon
What did you see miss jones
Did you look ‘em in the eye
As life was choking you
Choking you dry

And the light of the dawn
Is a fire in this maze made of mirrors
I’m sneaking though
This is just one of many things I have observed around me
Life’s a mirage
Tricking you
Joking you

I’m just a statue of stone
Without a backbone
I’m telling you
Oh my god
Satan’s in the rear view mirror
Are you looking for a truth
Where there is no truth to be found

9. The Meaning Of If

Well there ain’t no cure to the meaning of if
There’s no meaning there at all
Right from the top of the highest peak
Well the sky is gonna fall
With the mountain man gonna take his hand
And roll down to the seven seas
Well there ain’t no cure to the meaning of if
Cause it’s a man-made disease

So let’s fly away to the world and the void meet
To where the sons and daughters of the seven moons are gonna flower like a weed
No matter if your just a village boy
Or just a broken toy
Well any simple man can see
That there ain’t no cure to the meaning of if
Least no meaning I can see

So hand me down to the wishing well
Hand me down a gun
I’m gonna seal this deal with a vampire kiss
That was stolen from the sun
And don’t you know that its suicide to keep it all inside
Like a wounding to conceal
Well there ain’t no cure to the meaning of if
Least no meaning that is real

10. Darth Vader

[Bonus Track On Media Book Version]

Well I wonder if you hear me
Our father Darth Vader
In the heart of your manticore
Hey pilgrim what you waiting for

Come and get balls my enemy
Big brother to my family
And now any day for sure
My disciple well now you’re kicking down the door
Well what you waiting for?

I’m part human I’m part warhead
I’m just a Martian – give me disintegration
Your majesty – you’re fireproof
Like darth vader
We’ll live forever

11. Crystal Mountain

To the shining peak I am headed with every step
Sliding and slipping on a road of yellow brick
That leads right to the tip
Of Crystal Mountain

Hold the hand which hovers out reach
She always guides the way
Won’t you walk with me
In the meadows and gardens
Of Crystal Mountain

I found my golden road was a dark desert highway
That life was leading me down
And though the road may be long
Well the summoning is strong
From Crystal Mountain

In the thunderstorm that echoes out of reach
I always hear her name
Won’t you walk with me
Past the statues and palaces
Of Crystal Mountain

12. Crystal Anthem

My girl with the moonbeam eyes
And the hair like the wind in phantom skies
She got a hole in the corner of the pocket of her blue jean
And an x-ray gaze that’s mind expanding
Summin like a once in a billion

And I just want to say
That life is a kind of game
We’ve all been born to play
Where the wind will blow every emotion
Where a fragile heart
Is easily broken

Well the baby boy is big and strong
With the furrowed brow that’s one week long
He’s got a glint in his eye that’s as bright as a sunbeam
And the Coca Cola eyes as cutting as laser beams
And the magic mind decay that makes me want to say

That life is a kind of game we all get born to play
Like a hand that brings each devotion
Reaching out
And I just want to say
That life is a kind of game
We’ve all been born to play
Where the wind will blow every emotion
Where a fragile heart
Is easily broken





AMPLIFIER LYRICS