THE OPIUM FARMER
He lived in a cottage close to the sea
He raised his family on profits from the poppies perfumed
On the mountain beyond
Every day he awoke with the dawn
He set to the fields,
blood on his hands
and the stones,
his Fathers bore-
My light, my love, my only Son
Just give me your life
Then one night by candlelight
He kissed the Koran
Then his wife
and made for the road
to Palestine-
He met the people he needed to meet
There were cells in Hamburg
Berlin
Belize
If He'll fly
the friendly skies
Glory is not
For Free
Take them by surprise
Opium
gonna get real high
Opium
Cut the flower with the knife
Mohamed never felt so good
Catch a bus in Jerusalem
Gonna strap that shit around his waist
Gonna buy his way into martyrdom
Yeah martyrdom
Yeah martyrdom
Yeah martyrdom
My light, my love, my only son
Glory is not for free
Your life for mine
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
© Charlus, 2006
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I CARRY THE ROSE
I've walked the loneliest roads this world has ever known
To find my love
I carry the rose and my heart is open
I just want to feel alive-
Those promises we made
They return a child to the grave
Some things you never forget
Like losing your first love-innocence gone-
Or your parents when they pass away
These things steal into your sleep
And keep you wide-awake
I watched you so sadly when you became lost and tried to save you with my kiss
I whispered poetry into your ear and you laughed
and fell drunk to the floor
Lover don't
Lover don't
Lover, don't grow cold
Indifference kills, its poison spills
Into your memory-
I just hope when I become an old man
I can still find some one to hold
I hope when I grow too old
I can smile at the absurdity of it all
I've walked the loneliest roads this world has ever known
To find my love
I carry the rose and my heart is open
I just want feel alive-
© Charlus, 2006
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I LOST MY BABY
Valentine, wasted again
Rollin with the Vampires
Well, they're my friends
Arrested in motion, more salt for my emotion
I cried in the shower
I don't want to make a whisper now
I lost my baby, the only one I could turn to for a hug
I lost my baby and I miss, I miss her so much
People look down on me
You can't conceal mockery
It descends into your eyes
I see it every time
Condescension, easy when, you think about me
Yeah, I know it but would you suffer this fool more easily,
If I told you,
I lost my baby, the only one I ever really loved
I lost my baby and I don't know if I'll ever get over it
She's out there somewhere, I wonder if she feels the way I…
They say that love is just a silly game
I played my game and now I'm on the streets
Where the cool kids never meet
No Love on the horizon
The message is quite clear
I have the right to remain silent
I think I'll use my right
I lost my baby
I don't know where to go
I lost my baby
I miss her so much…
© Charlus, 2006
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I NEVER LIKED MY BODY
Calling out to all Tomorrows
I'm pulling for the future and my September heart
I never really liked my body,
I never liked the way I look
If you ever wonder why
Sex passes you by and cries
"Oh no, not for you"
That which restores also destroys
It's a blessing you will find
To truly be your own
When the World doesn't have principles
And the World doesn't care about
Your feelings
If Perfection is what you're looking for,
Perfect is so hard to find-
Calling out to all Tomorrows
I'm looking towards the future
Coming in the setting sun
Rise me up or drag me under
When the world goes under water,
I will smile as I drown
I never really liked this body
I never liked the way it looked
Nobody ever wants your body
Nobody likes the way you look
I never really liked my body
I never liked the way I look
© Charlus, 2006
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THE WITCH WANDERS IN
Low and behold,
The Witch Wanders In
Her mouth filled with snakes
I pray…Amen
I Pray…Amen
If you think you know my problem
Come over here, I'll bend your ear
Take me to the burning oven
Turn it up hotter I'll jump right in
Special K, Cocaine,
Get myself all twisted up
Then I'm gonna come and face you
Face you like a mother fuckin riot
Face you like a mother fuckin riot
Young and afraid of the dark
And things that go bump in the night
That's when you put on a light
MACHT DEINAN DREUME SUS
That's what I'm telling you
That's what you've got to do
You've got to fight fight fight
For your life
Everyday you make a choice
Many lives are won and lost
What you choose creates or destroys
If you think you know my problem
Come over here I'll bend your ear
Take me to the burning oven
Turn it up hotter
I'll jump right in
I don't need cocaine, she's not in my head
I don't need cocaine, she's not in my head
© Charlus, 2006
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I AM SECRETLY IN LOVE WITH YOU
I went out walking, I was talking to myself
When I saw you crossing Washington Square
I followed you all the way through Chelsea and my heart beat
When we nearly brushed hands
All I wanted to say to you,
I am secretly in love with you
Honey, I'll give you all my money (honest I swear)
I think, your just not being very fair
Maybe, we could have a baby…I know I'm talking crazy,
I just threw it out in the air…
What I would like to do to you
Hold you in my arms and….
You'll never know how it feels in my heart,
No one can save me from myself…
Oh,
All I wanted to say to you,
I am secretly in love with you-
All I wanted to say to you,
I am secretly,
Secretly….
© Charlus, 2006
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TRAGIC ACCIDENT
Angel, late last night
Doctor called, bad news
Condition critical
No, it doesn't look good-
Tragic accident, Interstate Ninety-Five
Running from those things you can never escape
Nicki, I never understood why you lost your confidence
Such a pretty girl, pretty eyes that seem to smile
Come on, put on your clothes
I'm getting you out of this place
And that stuff in your nose wont make you feel more connected
connected…
How you supposed to feel?
When the distance in you grows??
Tiger in a cage,
Round and round the bars go-
Sister, don't you cry
We'll be just fine
We'll open up the good wine,
have a drink,
Oh we will drink tonight-
I'll always have a record to write and you always
had a life,
Maybe that's just what she knew,
She knew, deep inside.
© Charlus, 2006
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WHITE HORSE
Once I rode a White Horse
By a perfect emerald sea
But these days its just madness and nightmares that permeate
The room of my vision
My imagination-
There are too many impossible
Obstacles In my way
I can't believe that this could happen to me
When I was young, I thought I'd grow up perfectly
But, my family, they do not approve of me
And my life is one big mystery
And girls, they do not seem to like me
And boys cant, look me in the eyes
They can't look in my eyes
Too much honesty, I guess…
Or something else turns their heads?
There are too many impossible obstacles
In my way
I can't believe that this could happen to me
When I was young I really believed in beauty
Oh but now in this my final hour
I can see its really you I need
Yes, only your love could save me now
Only your love could save me now
© Charlus, 2006
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