Power

POWER

(written by Randy Kartchner & Kenneth Cope)

They make big show for the camera

Their chanting fills up the hall

Echoes of freedom and justice

They’ve every right after all

But when someone opposes

Do we see signs of a war

Does brotherhood bow in silence

And then make a run for the door

Mouth turns to muscle – push comes to shove

But what about love

CHORUS:

Is love the power running you and me

Can you feel the power, the energy

Power

We leave our homes every morning

And then live the day in the dark

Are we so blind we can’t see what’s happening here

Have we gone bad in the heart

Cold-blooded kindness is just not enough

There must be love

REPEAT CHORUS

Love is the power running you and me

Can you feel the power, the energy

© 1994 Paranoid Music (BMI) / Merge Right Music (BMI)

Imagination

IMAGINATION

(written by Randy Kartchner & Kenneth Cope)

Lookin’ for love

One who’d come and take my heart

Givin’ more than enough

But not gettin’ very far

So I put off my plans for two

And no reason to change until I came to you

Hotter than hot

You’re just what I’ve been waiting for

And ready or not, I can’t hide it anymore

My mind’s run away with you

Created the dream, but fantasy won’t do

CHORUS:

Maybe it’s just imagination

But maybe it’s more than that

Will you give the love

My imagination can’t

Goin’ for broke

I’m puttin’ it all on the line

I need to know if you’ve been givin’ me the sign

I don’t want to play the fool

But Girl, I’m in love – tell me you approve

REPEAT CHORUS

I’m takin’ the chance on you

And playing my hand – now it’s in your move

Maybe it’s not imagination

It’s got to be more than that

Tell me it’s love

Don’t leave it to my imagination

I’m needing more than that

Got to have your love

© 1994 Paranoid Music (BMI) / Merge Right Music (BMI)

You'll Be There

YOU’LL BE THERE

(written by Randy Kartchner & Kenneth Cope)

You’ve been away so long

I’ve been trying to love again

Faces come and gone

But no power to move this man

And I won’t lie anymore

Remembering is hard on starting over

No I can’t hide it anymore

Every morning you’re still with me

And morning’s not the end

CHORUS:

You’ll be there in the afternoon

You’ll be there when the night comes calling

I can’t forget all I had with you

No matter where, if I’m breathing

You’ll be there

I’ve been a fool too long

No illusion could bring you back

But something right gone wrong

Has me living in the past

And I can’t fight it anymore

The memory has all but taken over

Why, oh, why I try anymore

Every morning you’re there waiting

And morning’s here again

REPEAT CHORUS

Love can last beyond the years

But our years are gone

And all I’ve left are souvenirs

While today drags on – on and on

© 1994 Paranoid Music (BMI) / Merge Right Music (BMI)

Greek to Me

GREEK TO ME

(written by Randy Kartchner & Kenneth Cope)

Dimitrius and family

Sailed from Greece across the sea

Packed their bags and westward bound

To set up shop in yankeetown

They’ve got me eatin’ gyros faithfully

But then there’s the lingo

CHORUS:

It’s all Greek to me

What does it mean

Francois came in ’65

And now he favors apple pie

Gino’s stepping up to bat

And Kato drives a Cadillac

Pledgin’ their allegiance

But can’t they see

That when they get to speakin’

It’s all Greek to me

What does it mean

All Greek to me

In the land of the free

ztra vœj kan / yrriœ mhyneh

ckra chœ / ppeiplhan zhtœns ckin / miœ tihæ

zhtarz ehn ztryppz / hyi luhf id

Every other Monday I’m at another cafe

Trippin’ through the menu

Greek to me

In the land of the free

All Greek to me

Is good company

All Greek to me

Is just what we need

All Greek to me

In the land of the free

© 1994 Paranoid Music (BMI) / Merge Right Music (BMI)

Falling From Grace

FALLING FROM GRACE

(written by Randy Kartchner & Kenneth Cope)

A moral revolution – ah

Chasing an illusion – now no solution

Wisdom lost to pleasure – ah

Law buckled under pressure – had to surrender

’Cause one too, one too, one

’Cause too many, one too many won’t do

Madness with a mission – ah

Has darkened our condition

And spread to the children

Crippling the cradle – ah

They’ll hide it when they’re able – under the table

But one too, one too, one too many won’t do

CHORUS:

I hear them calling, calling afraid

Young faces falling, falling from grace

Time has fueled the fire – ah

Making love a liar – all for desire

Resisting reason – ah

It’s in the name of freedom – but who can believe ‘em

I think one too, one too

One’s too many, much too many, don’t you…

Hear them calling, calling afraid

Young faces falling, falling from grace

Calling, calling your name

Young faces falling, falling from grace

From love’s bed to death bed

(The very thing that brought us here is killing us)

REPEAT CHORUS

© 1994 Paranoid Music (BMI) / Merge Right Music (BMI)

Status Quo

STATUS QUO

(written by Randy Kartchner & Kenneth Cope)

Read – boys fight for power – war every hour

Read – oil in the water – earth is the martyr

Read – still dealing the powder – with death getting louder

Yeah read – mounting disaster – man is the master

Can we escape what lies in store

This road that we take, can we take it much more

CHORUS:

Woa, status quo – you’re needin’ alterations

Woa, status quo – a transformation

Wake up – they’re looking for labor

But can’t read the paper

Why, why, why – “big brother” to billions

But what of our children

We’re nearing too late – we’re falling apart

Maybe lucky today – but luck runs just so far

REPEAT CHORUS

We’re in overhead, and starting to sink

Right down the drain – where ruin and time meet

REPEAT CHORUS

Woa, status quo – modifications

Woa, status quo – a transformation

© 1994 Paranoid Music (BMI) / Merge Right Music (BMI)