TOM KEIFER LYRICS

1. Solid Ground

Ever since I was a young man
I tried to find a place where I fit in
And every time I got to planting my feet
You know the dirt opened up and just swallowed me

I got to keep movin'
When the world starts to crumbling down
Got to keep moving
Looking for solid ground

I took a little short term shelter
In the arms of some helter skelter
Yeah she cut me down just to watch me bleed
Now I gotta get along with what's left of me

I got to keep movin'
When the world starts to crumbling down
Got to keep moving
Looking for solid ground

I got to keep on movin' yea
You know I keep on movin'
I'm lookin' I'm lookin'
Got to get along get along with what's left of me
I need some shelter
I need some shelter
I'm still lookin' ah lookin'
Lookin' for solid ground

2. A Different Light

Did you ever wake up and the sun wasn't shinin' on you
Walkin' around wondering why the sky's a darker shade of blue
Ever pass a broken man on the street and wonder did he choose
Sleeping in the shadow of his dreams under yesterdays news
All Gods children need a helping hand
But you gotta see before you understand

In a different light
A ray of hope for all those desperate lives tonight
Love realigns
In a different light
Open up the heart and see that everybody shines

Ever prayed before you'd sleep that when you'd wake up you'd be someone new
Well there's a fine line between fantasy and what comes true
Like that girl down on the corner sells her soul to buy her baby's food
Never dreamed she'd be this down and out- struggling and barely getting through
All gods children need a place to land
Just because you fall don't mean you couldn't stand

In a different light
A ray of hope for all those desperate lives tonight
Love realigns
In a different light
Open up the heart and see that everybody shines

And we all want - Yeah we all need
And what I hurt - Yeah we all bleed

In a different light
A ray of hope for all those desperate lives tonight
Love realigns
In a different light
Open up the heart and see that everybody shines

3. It’s Not Enough

Gonna tear it up tonight yeah I'm wound a little tight for sure
It's not enough
If nine'll kill ya give me ten and I'll still come back again for more
It's not enough
A demolition boomerang with a pocket full of jang - such a whore
It's not enough
If all she do is bang then I just ain't gonna hang - such a bone
It's not enough

It's not enough - it's not enough
If it takes all night gonna light me up
It's not enough - it's not enough
Stopping to sleep is just a ball and chain

I'm a burning Cadillac with a monkey in the back
Gotta feed him
It's not enough
Another scratch another scream another shoot of gasoline
Barely breathing
It's not enough

It's not enough - it's not enough
If it takes all night gonna light me up
It's not enough - it's not enough
Stopping to sleep is just a ball and chain

Don't chain me down

4. Cold Day In Hell

I can't believe it's you
Standing here at my door
Dressing like an angel
Working it like a whore
Well I ain't gonna amnesia babe
And I'll remember to the bitter end
Ain't no bottom feeder now
Ain't gonna pull you from the gutter again

It'll be a cold day in hell
Freezing in July
The devil back in heaven pissing money from the sky
The poison on your lips
Is all you got to sell
The day I take you back will be a cold day in hell

Well take a look at me
I've never been such a shuttered man
You put the bitch on me
Had me caught like a dog on a chain
Well now I'm breaking free
You cut my pride to the core
Live in your fantasy
Ain't gonna swallow my pride no more

It'll be a cold day in hell
Freezing in July
The devil back in heaven pissing money from the sky
The poison on your lips
Is all you got to sell
The day I take you back will be a cold day in hell

Ain't it a shame when love dies
In all it's diamonds and pearls
You can't say I never tried
I try and try it's heaven enough

It'll be a cold day in hell
Freezing in July
The devil back in heaven pissing money from the sky
The poison on your lips
Is all you got to sell
The day I take you back will be a cold day in hell
Cold day in hell
Cold day in hell

5. Thick And Thin

I'll walk with you until our souls ain't got no skin
Cause we can't lose, we'll only win, baby I'm in
And when your lucky star ain't shining
I'll be your silver lining

Thick and thin
Dry your tears when you are crying
Thick and thin
Be the truth in a world that's lying
Thick and thin
Give up my last breath if you were dying
I'll stand by you
Thick and thin

I'll dance with you
Until our hearts can't keep the beat
Cause you for me and me for you makes us complete
And when your lucky star ain't shining
I'll be your silver lining

Thick and thin
Dry your tears when you are crying
Thick and thin
Be the truth in a world that's lying
Thick and thin
Give up my last breath if you were dying
I'll stand by you
Thick and thin

And when you're blind, I'll be your sight
Through the blackest cold dark night

And when you're blind, I'll be your sight
Through the blackest cold dark night

6. Ask Me Yesterday

You're asking me, will our love last?
If I had to judge the future on the past.
From where I’m standing, it’s hard to say.
I left the right words back a thousand years away
That’s when I had the answers
That’s when I had a plan.
That’s when I had tomorrow in the palm of my hand

So ask me yesterday when my heart was wild
I threw it to the wind with a reckless smile.
And I had all the moves
I knew just what to say.
So ask me anything at all
But ask me yesterday.

I’m asking you from all the time
To help me take a step outside this troubled mind
And love me back to long ago
Back when I was young enough to know
That’s when I had the answers
That’s when I had a plan
That’s when I had tomorrow in the palm of my hand

So ask me yesterday, when my heart was wild
I threw it to the wind with a reckless smile
And I had all the moves
I knew just what to say
So ask me anything at all
But ask me yesterday

7. Fools Paradise

Take a look outside your window
Can you see the spreading disease
Industrial revolutionary life
Gets you anything that you please

And everybody's in a hurry
Keep up with the latest technology
And never stop to think or worry
In this dying garden of ease

Living in a fool's paradise
Flying high until we hit the ground
Living in a fool's paradise
What we sow surely comes back around

Rise above the smoke and mirrors
Can you see beyond the walls
Living this cyber-planetary life
We're surely headed for a fall

Living in a fool's paradise
Flying high until we hit the ground
Living in a fool's paradise
What we sow surely comes back around
Back around

8. The Flower Song

Standing on the corner watching all the pretty girls go by
And I'm trying to play it so cool as I'm trying to catch their eye
And I know sometimes my wandering eye has brought some rain
So I'm standing out here on this corner trying to find the words to explain

A pretty girl's like a flower
You just gotta stay close to
They come and go like the hour
Whats a guy to do
But when it comes to forever
You know my heart is true
Of all the pretty flowers
Baby I picked you

Many blossoms line the streets a thousand colors that I could choose
And I'm trying to imagine the taste of all the petals I must refuse
And I know there's nothing I can say to ease your mind but I'll try
The days I spend here on this corner are all just passing time

A pretty girl's like a flower
You just gotta stay close to
They come and go like the hour
What's a guy to do
But when it comes to forever
You know my heart is true
Of all the pretty flowers
Baby I picked you

9. Mood Elevator

I said doctor - It's been raining and pouring
Wrote a prescription - said call me in the morning
See what you're missing in just a shot of serotonin
So good for fixin' anything that you got broken
Have a little with your supper
Let it be your bread and butter
It's the quicker picker upper
Pass the Prozac please

Take a ride on the mood elevator
Pick yourself up off the floor
Take a ride on the mood elevator
You'll be back for more

I said bartender - weight of the world's on my shoulders
Pour me a stiff one - so I can sit and think it over
He said Mister - You wanna run at full throttle
The right elixir comes in a different bottle
Swallow down a little hope
It's not like you'd be taking dope
And when you'll running out of rope
Just hanging by a string

Take a ride on the mood elevator
Pick yourself up off the floor
Take a ride on the mood elevator
You'll be back for more

10. Welcome To My Mind

The devil he's a livin' in my toaster
Cooking pop tarts on the fires of hell
Jesus watches through my black light poster
Tells me not to worry all is
Swell as Wally and the Beaver gnawing on my brain

Siren are whining - Monkeys are flying
Walls are all closing in my mind
Mirrors are screaming - Walk on the ceiling
Oh what a feeling in my mind
Flying too fast - We're all gonna crash
Another day and all is fine
Welcome to my mind

Hare Krishna standing on my doorstep
Thinks I can't see through his thin disguise
Tambourines a beating and a bald head
Won't get him in to lead me to the
Light is on but no one's home
Alone's a nervous grind
Come back some other time

Siren are whining - Monkeys are flying
Walls are all closing in my mind
Mirrors are screaming - Walk on the ceiling
Oh what a feeling in my mind
Flying too fast- We're all gonna crash
Another day and all is fine
Welcome to my mind

11. You Showed Me

Been a long time since I tasted life so sweetly
Spent a long time digging myself into this hole
Keeping it all inside me so discreetly
Slipping till the day was gone
Walking up with blinders on

'Til you showed me how to live again
Helped me catch my breath
Saved me from a bitter end
Yeah you showed me how to love again
Kept me in the light
When darkness was my only friend
'Til you was blind but now I'm seeing everything that life can be
You showed me

Well my heart's been burned by the fire of a dragon
And my mind was blown by the coldness in her soul
So pardon me girl if my tail ain't exactly wagging
Feeling used up, rode hard, hung out wet
Thinking that's as good as it was gonna get

'Til you showed me how to live again
Helped me catch my breath
Saved me from a bitter end
Yeah you showed me how to love again
Kept me in the light
When darkness was my only friend
'Til you was blind but now I'm seeing everything that life can be
You showed me

Wasting away the days with the shades pulled tight
Time on my hands that never really spending it right
Living out the sentence of a never ending lonely night
Feeling used up, rode hard, hung out wet
Thinking that's as good as it was gonna get

'Til you showed me how to live again
Kept me in the light
When darkness was my only friend
'Til you was blind but now I'm seeing everything that life can be
You showed me

I was blind but now I see

12. Ain’t That A Bitch

I've been pushed and I've been shoved
I've been everything but loved by you
I've been roped and I've been tied
Everything but crucified by you

But you can't break a wild horse baby
You've been riding with your spurs digging in
No you can't break a wild horse baby
Ain't that a bitch

I've been black and I've been blue
Beaten down a time or two by you
Wounded by your jagged lips
Left in my own blood and piss by you

But you can't break a wild horse baby
You've been riding with your spurs digging in
No you can't break a wild horse baby
Ain't that a bitch

So give me all your pain
Set another trap
I see the sugar in your hand and the whip behind
Your back

But you can't break a wild horse baby
You've been riding with your spurs digging in
No you can't break a wild horse baby
Ain't that a bitch

You're never gonna break me

13. The Way Life Goes

Bobby comes from the wrong side of the tracks
Coll as he was you know he just couldn't seem to relax
A couple of reds and a bottle of wine
Smoking a joint now he's doing fine
Bobby comes from the wrong side of the tracks
Now Peggy's as good as a Catholic girl can be
Bob looked at her said God made you just for me
She lit up a smoke said I disagree
A U and I don't make a W - E
To everyone's surprise it was true love eternally

Ain't that the way life goes
Funny how nobody knows
Hand the fate never shows
Ain't that the way life goes

George and Eileen were all star American dream
Queen of the prom, captain of the football team
Nobody foresaw anything to obscene
But they were in for a shock no crystal ball could have seen
Georgie broke her heart became an all star American queen

Ain't that the way life goes
Funny how nobody knows
Hand the fate never shows
Ain't that the way life goes

Nobody can be a fortune - teller you see
The cover never reveals the book entirely
Dancing off of the beat landing so perfectly
Out of tune is the note that ends in harmony

14. Babylon

So you really want a taste of Heaven
So you really want to feed it all
The garden's waiting - lustful tasting
Just a sip is enough from the Devil's cup

So what's wrong little sugar
You're back in Babylon
Get it on little sugar
You're back in Babylon

Like a lover, you can feel her coming
A little Eden deep inside us all
The last temptation - sweet damnation
Just inside of the walls is your rise and fall

So what's wrong little sugar
You're back in Babylon
Get it on little sugar
You're back in Babylon

Feel the waves crash all ground
Feels so good on your way down
Such a sweet unholy ground

So what's wrong little sugar
You're back in Babylon
Get it on little sugar







TOM KEIFER LYRICS