Run II
I know I understand mom and dad beat you up
I know I understand you've been incested you've been assaulted
I know I understand cuz it all happened to me
I know I understand it's time to run away to Berkeley
Take the first plane, Hope the first train
Hitch the first ride, save your own life
Stick your thumb out on the freeway, it's the only way your gonna be
free
I know I understand your worried about a place to stay
I know I understand we got plenty of real estate
I know I understand your worried about what to eat
I know I understand we got three meals a day every day of the week
Kids won't take it anymore
You call it discipline we know it as terrorism and war (on us)
Kids won't take it anymore
You call it love we know it as terrorism and war (on us)
Take the first plane, Hop the first train
Hitch the first ride, save your own life
Stick your thumb out on the freeway
It's the only way your gonna be free

Chris's Song (words by Chris Delvecchio/music by 15.)
I saw a man who stood on the white house lawn
Dousing himself with lilies and lighting himself into laughter,
hysterical at the shrieking feet of those whites who wear their crosses
on their sleeves, with their spinning swastikas neatly pinned behind
their eyes.
I've heard of those who have sliced the throats of their razors to see a
stream of revolution spill off the tiles and into the mountains of that
tiny land we call free
I know of cages from whose teeth flow tears, rage and sedation tenants
who refuse to feed the hand that bites us all.
I know of crimes so unspeakable they must be shouted, of a land
whose streets are paved with those without homes.
I know of a land numbered by the staccato upheaval of chorused
consumerism, of those who mutter "love" under their breath while
riding into a grey horizon, sweetened with steel, and preserved
through war.

Definition
As the world keeps on turnin’
My heart remains burnin’
And I must wonder
Is there any escape from being alone
Is there any shelter
Is there any home (cuz I’m 3000 miles from
  home)
Is there any escape from being alone
Please lord won’t you give me some
  meaning
A definition to what I’ve been feeling
Words can’t rationalize, years that I’ve
  cried
Words don’t help me understand much
  anyway
Please lord won’t you shed me some light
Cuz I’m just looking to feel all right
  sometimes
I lose my mind, I lose my life, I lose you
And you are my everything

No Tion
It used to be that I knew exactly where I stood with you
To tell the truth it wasn't all that bad
But recently there's been change, and my whole life is
rearranged
Now I wonder what the hell we had
To say it was nothing would be a lie
At least that's how it looks from where I stand
But how you feel, has been
concealed
I'm falling and I don't know where I'll land
Did I mean anything to you
Did I mean anything to you, maybe not but I thought
That I meant something too
So I was A fool to spend all my time with you
Is that the way you see me now
But you won't tell me how you feel so I don't know what the
deal is
Just let me know somehow
To say it was nothing would be a lie
At least that's how it looks from where I stand
But how you feel, has been
concealed,
I'm falling and I don't know where I'll land
Did I mean anything to you
Did I mean anything to you, maybe not but I thought
That I meant something too

Parking Lots
We need parking lots and we need shopping malls
Otherwise we’ll die
We need more cops and more guns to keep us safe
from armed gangs-Or
we’ll surely die
We need cable TV to keep the kids in line
Turn off our mind-to kill some time
We need nuclear power and children with 6 eyes
We need to mutate-so the species will thrive
We need global welfare, bombs falling everywhere
And peace will come to me there when there’s no
one left to fight anywhere.
And god will roll down from the clouds
and gosh I’ll be so proud
Cuz I’ll be the inner and god will take me
up to heaven for dinner

Ain't Life a Drag
All the money in the world ain't never gonna make you happy
All the money in the world ain't never gonna make you free
All the wealth you can steal and hide away ain't never gonna bring you no kind
of security
Cuz don't you know just about everybody else in the world wants to burn down
your house and steal all your money
Ain't life a drag when you got it all
Then you gotta find out
It's not what you wanted after all
Ain't life a drag when you get everything you want and just about nothing you
need
All the cocaine in the world ain't never gonna make you happy
All the alcohol in the world ain't never gonna make you free
All the speed and cigarettes ain't never gonna give you no kind of
health
And all the heroin in the world ain't never gonna give you nothing you ain't
already got inside yourself
Ain't life a drag...
All the power in the world ain't never gonna make you happy
All the control in the world ain't never set nobody free
All the people you can intimidate ain't never gonna make you safe
What you gonna do when everyone's got their sights on you
Ain't life a drag...

Petroleum Distillation
I've been having a hard time trying to justify
The clouds arising from the cars we drive
And a little too easy seems just a little too hard today
And I'm afraid my children are going to have to watch
the world
waste away
Been having a hard time trying to accept the fact
That paying money for four walls leaves the slavery
intact
And a little too easy seems just a little too hard today
And I'm afraid my children are going to have to watch
the world
slip away
I know, I know, I know, life has become slavery
Costs two dollars a minute and additional charges to
pray to god
today
See I've been looking for some guidance but the voice
on the phone
ain't got a damn thing to say
And a little too easy seems just a little too hard today
And I'm afraid my children are going to have to watch
the world
fade away
I was born a little too late to see the dream that they
called America
See I only want to be a Free man but it's against the law
to sleep on
the ground in Gods land
And a little too easy seems just a little bit insane
And I'm afraid I'm going to have to run for my life one of
these days
I know, I know, I know, life has become slavery
The ground is my body, it's been poisoned with lead and
junk food
and toxic waste
The sky is my mind it's been clouded with cigarettes and
fluorocarbons and petroleum distillates
The water's my heart, it's been broken with booze and
drugs and
shooting up paste
The sun is my spirit, it belongs to all of us, I guess we're
all one sick
race
And autonomy shall reward itself with freedom
And humility shall reward itself with peace
And the dissolution of possession and the integration of
humanity
Shall bring forth a sharing of our responsibility
For our lives and our earth

Helter Smelter
I just drive my car to work every day, didn't mean to hurt
nobody
Like 100 million other people just like me, I could tell there
wasn't any other way, I just couldn't
realize but now I think I'll throw
it away
Cuz there's 6 billion other
 people just like me
I was thinking about blowin' up all the automobiles
It seemed like such a good idea
You said hey man wouldn't that be hypocritical
No way man cuz mines' the first to go
Do it, Now, Stick the rag in, Light the fucked up
I was thinking about melting down all the cars in the whole
world
Making brand new mountain bikes for all the boys and girls
You said hey man wouldn't that be helter skelter
No way man all we need is a giant smelter
Send it to Peoples Park, Berkeley CA, 94704
Ride a fucking bike
I just lit my car on fire today I didn't mean to hurt nobody
Just like 100 million other people just like me, I could tell
there wasn't any other way
I finally realized and now it's going up in flames
Cuz there's 6 billion other people just like me
Having fun, since I was six, We're only bike terrorists
Five thirty, second Friday, Berkeley Bart

The Deal
We were driving in a van
All over the place
Broke down in Mankato
I thought it was outer space
We got home
We got a call on the phone
15,000 for 1 record
Cuz we needed a new van
They put it out
18.50 in record stores
No lyric sheets in the tapes and records
Starting feeling like whores
They had the option of a second record
20,000 dollars more
Enough money to put out our own records
If only we had some more songs
So I wrote this one to say
Sorry for the overpriced records
If you send us a letter we'll send you a lyric sheet
The address is 1235 Cortez Dr. #1 Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Land Mine
Land Mine - Blew my legs off
Now I sit by - The subway station
Land mine - Blew my legs off
I ask for change - You turn your head and walk away
I was a kid once - I got forced into it
I couldn't afford college - I didn't have a deferment
They call it service - Dismemberment
They call it service - Amputation
Germany Panama Lebanon Korea
Vietnam Philippines Iraw.. This time it's Bosnia
Favorable Statistics - And smiling confident Presidents
Couldn't ever portray - An 18 year old
Cut in half
never gonna walk again Never gonna run again
Never gonna Stand again
Land mine - Blew my legs off
I ask for change - You say to yourself just another alcoholic
Land mine - Blew my legs off
I got some change - I think I think I'll drink it all away
I was a kid once - I got forced into it
I couldn't afford college - I didn't have a deferment
They call it service - Dismemberment
They call it service - Amputation
Germany Panama Lebanon Korea
Vietnam Philippines Iraw.. This time it's Bosnia
Favorable Statistics - And smiling confident Presidents
Couldn't ever portray - An 18 year old
Cut in half
never gonna walk again Never gonna run again
Never gonna Stand again
Jail all the owners of the mainstream media for the crimes
of violence against humanity
Jaill all the owners of the defense industry for the crimes of
violence against humanity
Jail all the presidents and senators and congressmen for the
crimes of violence against numanity
Jail Ted Turner, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Henry
Kissinger and Al Haig
For the crimes of violence against humanity

Front
Hey friend you always had a smile for me
Hey friend you always had a smile for me
Hey friend you went and OD'ed and left me
After a life of abuse I could hardly blame you
Can we have a world where girls can be girls and boys and be boys
Where the adults don't use us as outlets for anger and as sexual toys
Bye-bye-bye, bye-bye-bye, bye-bye-bye-bye
Bye-bye-bye-bye-bye
Just say no, hands off-my body
Just say no, your voice out of my head

Food Not Bombs
I was trying to kick speed,
so I followed my friend Steve
We went to the chatuea,
we cut up so many vegetables
We proceeded to get high,
and to my surprise
I had achieved an appetite,
all my paranoia dissolved into
the sunlight
I was looking for a change
I was looking for a plan
I was looking for some kind
of healing, I was looking for
peace of mind
I found peace of mind,
I found healing of body
I found a way to kill the money demon, I found rest in my soul
Believe me when I found out,
what sleep is all about
Believe me I found out what SOUP is all about
Food not Bombs, bikes not bombs, community not bombs,
heal the world
Free the Land, free the weed, free our bodies free our minds.

Middle
I heard a song once
and it was beautiful
and it was free and it was my dream
I lost my housing at the sweet young
age of fourteen
I heard a song on the radio, it was my dream
I found the value of a song
walking in the rain
cold and alone with no
place to go I found the value
of a song singing to myself
Just make it through the night, keep awake
till the sunlight
It don’t matter who sold 6 million
It don’t matter who made 6 million
What you call success I call excess
What I’d call important is relevance
I heard a song once it was by Husker Du
They tried to sell their songs for
a million dollars
They probably never knew that they kept
one scared kid alive
They traded gold for what they had inside
All my friends now now on TV
All my friends now sold what they love for money
All my friends now are bought and sold so easily
All my friends now think they can
afford not to be free

Inspiration
Negativity's too enchanting
Cuz the world seems so depressing
But I know it can't always be
Can't always be that way
I get caught up in my situation
But I know my life's just begun
We all need Inspiration
And the thought of a hundred million smiles
And a hundred million buildings burning to the ground
From a hundred million miles away, I can hear the sound
Of a hundred millions burning definitions
And a hundred million dead restrictions
And a hundred million minds set free
From the chains put there a generation before

I can see the world falling to it's knees
Screaming please someone help me
Now I can see, we've destroyed ourselves with certainty
And this machine will crumble and fade
To a hundred million miles away
Where there's someone just like me
Thinking everything will be o.k.
From a hundred million miles I can see a man
And I know he understands
Saying your chains are your own
It's your mirror, so smash it.