SAIGON KICK LYRICS

1. One Step Closer

I am bound
Both feet and hand
Safe and sound to my cross
I will die
For I have Sinned
Have mercy on my soul
on my soul
on my soul
One step closer
To the setting sun
Your skin's on fire again
One step closer
To the promised land
Your mind's a liar again
One step closer
To the bleeding heart
A bandage for the wound
One step closer
To the only one
I am
Cause you never could
Light and Heat
From my hand
Burns the flesh of mortal men
I am the sign
From the west
The divine is laid to rest
laid to rest
laid to rest

2. Space Oddity

[David Bowie cover]

Ground Control to Major Tom
Ground Control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
Ground Control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition and may God's love be with you

[Spoken:]
Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five,
Four, Three, Two, One, Liftoff
This is Ground Control to Major Tom
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do
Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles
I'm feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much she knows"
Ground Control to Major Tom
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you....
Here am I floating round my tin can
Far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do.

3. Water

You and me
You know we're never going to die
Right or wrong
It still won't mend a broken heart
And I don't mind
The colors in your hair
You don't see
The water dancing with the dead
Pick it up again
and realize
I'm never coming home
To lose it all again
Could capsize
My vessel on it's own
Off to be
The one think that I know I am
Stand Alone
Beyond the reach of helping hands
Pick me up again
and realize
I know not what I do
To lose it all again
Could capsize
My vessel on it's own
Stop me from drinking the water
In which I drown
Hold me in darkness
Beneath the water now
Out in the ocean
far from any land
Sail to emptiness
The water's on my hands
Pick me up again
And realize
I know not what I do
To lose it all again
Could capsize
My vessel on it's own
Only the ones in the water
Could be found
Hold me in the darkness
Beneath the water now
Take me up
To higher lands
To higher lands
I go

4. Torture

Freedom seems to haunt you
But the voice ain't that familiar
Action seems to call you
But you're feeling quite the same
Seasons from with torture
Yet your feet can't find the ground
Reeling from the pressure
And this isn't safer ground
You can't justify your shameless ways
Actions from the homeland
Does that mean the party's over?
Feelings not divided
And your shoes will hit the ground
Checking from the family
We're living without wisdom
Trying to gain an inch
On this southern [Incomprehensible] ground
You can't justify your shameless ways
Way to hard to see what's in yourself
You can't read the meaning in that soul, oh yeah
Living on the outskirts
Of the town in West Dakota
Trying to fix the barn
[Incomprehensible]
Somethin' is tryin' to [Incomprehensible] us
And they're hard to get away from
Got to beat your death
But we have to live this way
You can't justify your shameless
Way too hard to see what's in yourself
You can't read the meaning in that soul oh yeah
It's way too hard to see what's in yourself
You can't read the meaning in that soul oh yeah

5. Fields Of Rape

There is danger in the fields of rape
Not too far from where you walk
There is danger on the path you take
Too late, you've gone too far
There's meaning in these words of hate
Hidden, yet to find
There's children behind an iron gate
Hiding swollen eyes
Change these fields of rape
Wash them away like the morning rain on your face
We gotta change these fields of rape
Take me away from the burning pain of this place
There is hunting in the fields of rape
And we've become the game
There is running in the fields of rape
Abolish all mankind
There is crying on the African soil
And life is hard to keep
There is dying in a Bosnian town
A girl of just sixteen
Change these fields of rape
Wash them away like the morning rain on your face
We gotta change these fields of rape
Take me away from the burning pain of this place
There is danger in the fields of rape
Not too far from where you walk
There is danger on the path you take
Too late, you've gone too far
There's meaning in these words of hate
Hidden, yet to find
There's children behind an iron gate
Hiding swollen eyes
We gotta change these fields of rape
Wash them away like the morning rain on your face
We gotta change these fields of rape
Take me away from the burning pain of this place
We gotta change these fields of rape
Change these fields of rape
We gotta change these fields of rape
We gotta change these fields of rape

6. I Love You

I may not be the man I wanted to
I may not be the king of wit
I may not know the things you need to know
I might not measure up quite yet
I may not have the grace of Fred Astaire
I may not have the mind of Jung
I cannot buy the things you need to have
But there is something you can't forget
I love you
I love you
Through the fires
And all the hell
It's something I can't stop
I love you
It may not seem that I care enough
I may not take the time to say
You can't leave me standing here alone
Until you hear what I have to say
I love you
I love you
Through the fires
In all of hell
It's something I can't stop
I love you

7. Sgt. Steve

Sgt. Steve could barely read
He would take the children down
Throw them all around the ground
And make 'em bleed
Then Sgt. Steve
Would sing a song of victory
Wipe some snot off on his sleeve
And say goodbye to the clown
He would pray twice every day
He would not tolerate the gay
Oh, oh, oh
I'm alright, I feel that I'm coming around
Sgt. Steve, with all his needs
He would weed out the impure
He would guard our sacred shores
From the red, from the blue ones
Though we beat them once before
He had a feelin', not very sure
That they were back
Boys for attack
So we slit his throat for fear
We heard their footsteps very near
And oh, oh, oh
I'm alright, I feel that I'm coming around

8. My Heart

9. On And On

Without love
The right would be wrong
Without you
My life an empty song
Within time
We will dance upon the ice
In the dawn
This could all be gone
Gotta get right back on time
Gotta stand straight up the line
Have to burn my heart complete
Gotta get fast upon my feet
Gotta act way beyond my means
Have to read the in-betweens
Gotta get back on my
Back on my feet again
On and on and on
It's gotta be love
It's gotta be love
Sweet love
In your eyes
A million brilliant lights
Shine on me
And lead to sleepless nights
Bring to me
The one I desire
I can't resist her
And soon begin to drown

10. The Way

11. Sentimental Girl

Said she was a Sentimental Girl from France
Mother was the victim of a failed romance
When she went to call upon the boy next door
She was really horrified at what she saw
Said he was a Continental Man from Greece
Wasn't really sure what that meant but at least
Promised her the life of [dreams and a king?]
Wasn't too long before bells were to ring
Kid needs to look around for someone else
Kid needs to look around and around and around and around
So they lived their life upon a great big hill
Wasn't too long before blood was to spill
Hit him in the back with a tool from the shed
Now she's upset because she thinks he is dead
When she turned he rose above the hardwood floor
[...?]
He was right behind her and swinging a bat
Landed on her head with a soft wet smack
Kid needs to look around for someone else
Kid needs to look around and around and around and around
Kid needs to look around for someone else
Kid needs to look around and around and around and around and around and around
Hit her on the head with a bat
Hit her on the head with a bat
Hit her on the head with a bat

12. Close To You

I love my little baby
I'm gonna get so close to you
I'd walk a hundred thousand miles
Just to get your inner view
Well, my little darlin'
Oh, when I see you I get hot
I lay upon the red fire coals
Just to see how you got
Oh, well, my little darling
I wanna get so close to you
Well, my little baby
I'm wanna make my dreams come true
When I was a boy
I used to dream about you
You used to tease me
So I would really come [Incomprehensible]
Well, my little darlin'
I'm gonna get so close to you
Well, my little baby
I'm gonna make my dreams come true
When you're all alone
You know I'm not that hard to find
When I am in need, you are divine
As everybody know
Oh, beneath it there's a moon
Eyes often always left me
Feeling quite like the loon
Well, my little darlin'
I'm gonna get so close to you
Well, my little baby
I'm gonna make my dreams come true
When you're all alone
You know I'm not that hard to find
When I am in need, you are divine
When you're all alone
You know I'm not that hard to find
When I am in need, you are divine
Well, my little baby
I'm gonna get so close to you
I gotta be so close to you
I gotta be so close to you
Wanna be right next to you
I gotta be so close to you
Wanna be right next to you
Have to be right next to you

13. When You Were Mine

I never thought that life could be so unkind
Until I lost you
No more times by the lake in June
No more walks beneath the moon
When you were mine
There would be another day in my life
All this time the river flows to nowhere that I can't find
The leaves will change as time goes by and by
It's all the same to me
The wind will blow as if it knows the rhyme
Why not me?
When you were mine
There would be another day in my life
All this time the river flows to nowhere that I can't find
You were always there to be with me
And show me a kindness of a type
I grew so fond of receiving
Almost daily when you came
We talk for hours over things
We believe in caring for each other
Hand in hand through life before you left me
Standing all alone helpless without you
I never thought that life could be so unkind
Until I lost you
No more times by the lake in June
No more walks beneath the moon
When you were mine
There would be another day in my life
All this time the river flows to nowhere that I can't find
When you were mine
There would be another day in my life
All this time the river flows to nowhere that I can't find
When you were mine
There would be another day in my life
All this time the river flows to nowhere that I can't find

14. Reprise

SAIGON KICK LYRICS