B l i s t e r i n g   f e e t ,  
w o r n   d o w n   t o   t h e   b o n e .
H a d   t o   m a k e   m y   e s c a p e .
T h e y   w o n ? t   l e a v e   u s   a l o n e .

T h e y   b e a t   a n d   t h e y   w h i p p e d  m e
T o   t h e   e d g e   o f   m y   l i f e .
E v e n   b e a t i n g   m y   C h i l d r e n
A n d   R a p i n g   m y   w i f e .

I f   w e   r e t a l i a t e .
I t   w o r s e n s   o u r   p a i n .
A n d   a f t e r   t h e y   b e a t   u s .
T h e y   b e a t   u s   a g a i n .

T h e y   b e l i e v e   i n   t h e i r   h e a r t .
W e   a r e   r e a l l y   n o   g o o d .
A n d   t o   d i e   f o r   t h e i r   c a u s e .
I s   t o   d o   w h a t   w e   s h o u l d .

P e o p l e   a r e   D y i n g .
A l l   o v e r   t h e   p l a c e .
B u t   t o   t h o s e   t h a t   d o   k i l l .
W e   d o   n o t   h a v e   a   f a c e .

O u r   o n l y   d e f e n c e .
I s   h o w   f a s t   w e   c a n   r u n .
T r y i n g   t o   e l u d e .
W h a t   t h e i r   b u l l e t s   h a v e   d o n e .

S o   w e   r u n   f o r   o u r   l i f e .
L o t s   d o   n o t   g e t   a w a y .
T h e   u l t i m a t e   p r i c e .
I s   w h a t   t h e y   w i l l   p a y .

I   w i l l   w a l k   t o   t h e   e n d .
T r y   t o   f i n d   a   n e w   l i f e .
A w a y   f r o m   t h i s   h o r r o r .
T h i s   t u r m o i l ,   t h i s   s t r i f e .

F i n d   s o m e w h e r e   t h a t ? s   g o o d .
L e a v e   t h i s   h e l l   f a r   b e h i n d .
S o m e w h e r e   I   c a n   m i x .
W i t h   t h o s e   p e a c e f u l   a n d   k i n d .

W h e r e   I   w a l k   d o w n   t h e   s t r e e t .
A n d   I   d o n ? t   h a v e   t o   c r y .
A t   t h e   p o i n t   o f   a   g u n .
B e c a u s e   I   d o   a n n o y .

J u s t   f o r   b e i n g   a   m a n .
J u s t   f o r   b e i n g   a l i v e .
J u s t   f o r   w a n t i n g   t o   n o t .
J u s t   t o   h a v e   t o   s u r v i v e .

S o   I ? m   l e a v i n g   t h i s   l a n d .
T h e   l a n d   o f   m y   k i n d .
A n d   a l l   m y   p o s s e s s i o n s .  
I   a m   l e a v i n g   b e h i n d .

I n   t h e   h o p e   f o r   a   p l a c e .
W h e r e   w e   c a n   f i n d   s o m e   p e a c e .
N o t   m u r d e r   a n d   h a t e .
F r o m   e l e c t e d   t h i e f .

W h e r e   s t a r v a t i o n   a n d   d r o u g h t .
I s   n o t   w o r s e n e d   b y   t h r e a t .
A n d   a  p l a c e   w h e r e  m y   l i f e
D o e s  n o t   e d g e   o n   a   b e t .

I   c a n   n o   l o n g e r   l i v e  h e r e .
S o o n e r   t o   d i e .
S o  i ' m  w a l k i n g   a w a y .
N o   m o r e   l i v i n g   a   l i e .

S o   o f f   I   w i l l   b e .
B a r e   h e a t   o r   b a r e   c o l d
H a v i n g   t o   t r a v e l .
W i t h   a l l   I   c a n   h o l d .

T h i s   p a c k a g e   o f   m o r s e l s .
H o w   t h e y   m a k e   u s   l i v e .
W e   h a v e   n o t h i n g   t o   o w n ,  
W e   h a v e   n o t h i n g   t o   g i v e .

S o   m y   o p t i o n s   a r e   e a s y .
A   c h a n g e   I   a m   t r y i n g .
E i t h e r   g e t   b u s y   l i v i n g .
O r   g e t   b u s y   d y i n g.

D             G                D                   G
Tell me.....tell me, what is that you want?
D              G                 D                 G
Tell me.....tell me, what is that you need?
D              G                 D                G
Is there something that I have got?
D                 G                D                  G
Or is there..someone else that you need?
           E                                  A
You'd better open up your eyes
                 E                                    A
and you'd better open up your mind
             E                                 A
you'd better open up your heart
E                   A
before it is too late.
D             G                D                      G
Tell me.....tell me, when will you realize?
D              G                 D                                       G
Tell me.....tell me, when will you open up your eyes?
D              G                 D                              G
And see....me, and all that your life could be.
D                G                D                    G
Tell­ me......tell  me, when will you realize?
F                C                    G
I would jump into the abyss.....
F                 C                    G
All that I'd need is your kiss.....
F                            C                      G
T­here's nothing that I wouldn't do.....
F                      C                   G
If you would only ask me too.........
D             G                D                   G
Tell me.....tell me, what is that you want?
D              G                 D                 G
Tell me.....tell me, what is that you need?
D              G                 D                G
Is there something that I have got?
D                 G                D                  G
Or is there..someone else that you need?
D                     G                 D                 D
Tell me....Tell me......Tell me......Tell me....
D                 G            D           G            D
Tell me..............Tell me...............Tell me

Verse 1
G                                               Em                     C   G C   G
Every time I look into your eyes I see paradise.......paradise.  
G                                                          Em   ­                                                      C     G  C                           G
Pleasure is a thing I know alot about, but its something I can do without.......If you wanted me to.

Chorus
Em                      D                      G        ­                  C
I may sound crazy, that's probably because I am
C                                                 G
Yes I'm crazy, I'm crazy over you.
Em                    D                        G            ­                   C
And just maybe, if you were half as crazy about me
C                                                             ­                    G
Maybe then we could be crazy together for a while.

Verse 2
G                                                          Em  ­                                                         C   G   C                       G                               Every night when I'm lying in my bed thoughts are racing through my head....I can't stop thinking about you.
G                                          Em               ­                  C  G   C             G
When I finally do fall asleep, your face is all I see.....every night in my dreams.

Chorus

Verse 3
G                                                              ­                                   Em                                            C   G    C
There isn't a single cell in your whole body that I don't love, and I thank the lord above......for allowing me
          G
to spend some time with you.
G                                                           ­                                         Em                      ­                          C   G  C
There's nothing in this world I wouldn't sacrifice for your love, except for maybe my guitar......Because then I
                    G                  
couldn't play this song for you.

Chorus

Break
G                                  C        
­It's just these love battles
G                                 C
These love....struggles,
G                                   C
But now I have found you.
G                                        G7
I found my paradise, paradise.


G                                               Em                     C     G  C   G
Every time I look into your eyes I see a paradise.......paradise.

Am                            G
Ripples are echoes, for those who can't hear
Am                                    G
thunder has light-ning, to tell them its near
Am                                G
The moon is an echo, for no sun in the sky
Am                     G
day is an echo, for night that is why

Am                              G
Guitar’s are in echo, when they are strum
Am                      G
voices respond, re-sounding the hum
Am                               G
Shadows are echoes, at NOON they’re alone
Am                                   G
but the word it reflects, so its called palindrome

Am                                     G
Trains they make echoes, in tunnels with *****
Am                                     G
and though it’s but one, they call them two hoots
Am                           G
A bell has an echo, when ringing the news
Am                            G
anvils have echoes, when horses wear shoes

Am                                  G
Rainbows have echoes, in pots at each end
Am                       G
who was it said, that sunbeams can't bend
Am                           G
Lighthouses flash, with echoes in Morse
Am                                G
for posh sailing boats, and not Viking Norse

Am                            G
A bow has an echo, with a wow at the end
Am                            G
one midnight bark, starts setting a trend
Am                             G
A dream is an echo, of what we once did
Am                   G
hid in a bottle, behind Jeannie’s lid

Am                                    G                
Our words in the ether, will never meet
Am                            G
that’s why an echo, can never cheat
Am                           G
My echo my echo, is loneliest of all
Am                                  G
that’s why they listen, at my wailing wall

Am                                 G
Heartbeats are echoes, like yours and like mine
Am                              G
that’s why this song, must end with a pine.


                             Chorus

        Am                       G
        Echo all echoes, are art on the wall,
        Am                                G
        must be the sadd-est, sounds of them all
        Am                       G
        Echo all echoes, are art on the wall
        Am                               G
        must be the sadd-est, sounds of them all
        Am                       G
        Echo all echoes, are art on the wall,
        Am                                G
        must be the sadd-est, sounds of them all.




Ryan O'Leary ©
25/02/2021