Thick cloud - steam rising - hissing stone on sweat lodge fire
Around me - buffalo robe - sage in bundle - run on skin
Outside - cold air - stand, wait for rising sun
Red paint - eagle feathers - coyote calling - it has begun
Something moving in - I taste it in my mouth and in my heart
It feels like dying - slow - letting go of life
Medicine man lead me up though town - Indian ground - so far down
Cut up land - each house - a pool - kids wearing water wings - drink in cool
Follow dry river bed - watch Scout and Guides make pow-wow signs
Past Geronimo's disco - Sit 'n' Bull steakhouse - white men dream
A rattle in the old man's sack - look at mountain top - keep climbing up
Way above us the desert snow - white wind blow

I hold the line - the line of strength that pulls me through the fear
San Jacinto - I hold the line
San Jacinto - the poison bite and darkness take my sight - I hold the line
And the tears roll down my swollen cheek - think I'm losing it - getting weaker
I hold the line - I hold the line
San Jacinto - tellow eagle flies down from the sun - from the sun

      We will walk - on the land
      We will breathe - of the air
      We will drink - from the stream
      We will live - hold the line

Der Dampf steigt hoch - Wasser zischt auf heissem Stein
schwitz im Bueffelfell - Salbeistrauch auf Haut verteilt
Draussen so kalt - warte, bis die Sonne steigt
Rot bemalt, Adlerfedern - Coyote heult. Es ist soweit
Etwas ist jetzt da - ich schmeck es im Mund, der Puls schlaegt
Als wuerd' was sterben - sacht...

Medizinmann geht durch die Stadt - Indianer waren hier zuhaus
Parzellenland - Pool tuerkis - Kind mit Schwimmfluegeln
Liegestuhl
Das Flussbett trocken - Scouts und Fuehrer gruessen Pow-Wow
Bei Geronimo's Disco - in Sitting Bull's Steakhouse -
traeumt weisser Mann
Rassel im Gepaeck - der Alte sagt: "Schau zum Berg,schau
nicht zurueck
Hoch hinauf zum Wuestenschnee - weisser Wind weht."

Weitergehen - die Kraft, die mich durch alle Aengste bringt
San Jacinto - weitergehen
San Jacinto - das Gift brennt - die Augen werden blind
Ich halt es aus
und ich hab' Traenen im Gesicht
Es schwillt an
Ich schaff' es nicht

Weitergehn
Weitergehn
San Jacinto - der gelbe Adler stuerzt aus dem Licht
aus dem Licht

           Ja, wir gehen - auf dem Land
           Ja, wir atmen - tief die Luft
           Ja, wir trinken - aus dem Strom
           Ja, wir leben - wir leben
           Halt nur aus - halt nur aus
           Weitergehen - weitergehen

   --- instrumental ---

Die Kameras sind schon lange hier
Reporter stehen Spalier
heute ist es anders
heute nicht wie sonst
heute mach ich es endlich
den Schnappschuss in das Licht
       Schnappschuss in das Licht
     - Ich ziele in das Licht

Vier Strassen noch braucht der Zug
den Fahrer blendet die Sonne
Gewehr hinterm Fensterkreuz
keiner sieht's in der Kolonne

Drei Strassen noch, die Kreuzung ist frei
jetzt faengt der Jubel an
du hoerst im Radio
was dieser Mann alles kann

Ich - zeig es euch jetzt
Ich - zeig es euch jetzt
Ihr glotzt nur auf die Scheibe
Nummer fuer die Datenbank
einen Schuss brenn ich euch in den Kopf
lerr, ausgetraeumt und krank
nur ich, ich  l e b e

Sie kommen um die Ecke
Motorradschutz ganz vorn
ich wisch den Schweiss von der Stirn


im andern Wagen faehrt der Gouverneur
doch ihn hab ich nicht im Visier
du bist - Held des Tages
stolz im Cadillac

"Du bist nicht zum Hassen

wir brauchen uns beide

ich will Liebe von allen
wie bei dir soll es sein
was du nicht kriegst musst du holen
und ich hol dich jetzt ein."

Atem stoppt
Abzug springt
       und die
Kugel durch den Lauf

Diese Stille - was kann ich dafuer?
einsamer Junge hinter der Tuer
die Freunde sind alle weg
da ist mein Spielzeuggewehr
wo seid ihr - Mama und Papa
ihr redet nicht mehr
ich werd trauriger Jahr fuer Jahr
schaut mich an -

Fasse mich wenn ich brenn
Fasse mich wenn ich renn
schuettel die Baeume im Regenwald
von oben faellt ein Tier
Fasse mich jetzt und hier
offen - offen - uh - uh
Ja, due weisst: das schockt den Affen

Fuchs den  Fuchs
Deck den Dachs
Herz das Herz
keiner merkt's
Lass die Haeute heute springen
Schluss jetzt! Schluss!
Fasse mich - fasse mich
offen - offen - uh - uh
Ja, du weisst: das schockt den Affen

           Alles geht weiter
           haengt an der Leiter
           ich weiss, ich lerne

SCHOCK! - Das tut dem Affen weh
SCHOCK! - Das tut dem Affen weh

Fasse mich wenn ich schlaf
Fasse mich wenn ich wach
Wirfst deine Perlen vor die Sau
treibst den Affen in den Bau
Fasse mich jetzt und hier
offen - offen - uh - uh
Ja, due weisst: das schockt den Affen

           Viel zuviel in Frage
           unsicher alle Tage
           und jetzt auch noch dies:

SCHOCK! - Das tut dem Affen weh
SCHOCK! - Das tut dem Affen weh

Schock den Affen im Schlaf

I stood in this sunsheltered place
'Til I could see the face behind the face
All that had gone before had left no trace

Down by the railway siding
In our secret world, we were colliding
All the places we were hiding love
What was it we were thinking of?

So I watch you wash your hair
Underwater, unaware
And the plane flies through the air
Did you think you didn't have to choose it
That I alone could win or lose it
In all the places we were hiding love
What was it we were thinking of?

In this house of make believe
Divided in two, like Adam and Eve
You put out and I recieve

{Chorus:}
Down by the railway siding
In our secret world, we were colliding
In all the places we were hiding love
What was it we were thinking of?

Oh the wheel is turning spinning round and round
And the house is crubling but the stairways stand

With no guilt and no shame, no sorrow or blame
Whatever it is, we are all the same

Making it up in our secret world [x3]
Shaking it up
Breaking it up
Making it up in our secret world

Seeing things that were not there
On a wing on a prayer
In this state of disrepair

[Chorus]

Shh, listen...

We are shaking the tree (2 times)

Waiting your time, dreaming of a better life
Waiting your time, you're more than just a wife
You don't want to do what your mother has done
(she has done)
This is your life, this new life has begun
It's your day -- a woman's day
It's your day -- a woman's day

Turning the tide, you are on the incoming wave
Turning the tide, you know you are nobody's slave
Find your sisters and brothers who can hear all the truth
In what you say
They can support you when you're on your way
It's your day -- a woman's day
It's your day -- a woman's day

We are shaking the tree (2 times)

Changing your ways, changing those surrounding you
Changing your ways, more than any man can do
Open your heart, show him the anger and pain
So you heal
Maybe he's looking for his womanly side

And you feel you had to be so strong
And you do nothing wrong, nothing wrong at all
We're gonna to break it down
We have to shake it down, shake it all around

We are shaking the tree (repeat and fade)

Shock the monkey to live
Shock the monkey to live

Cover me when I run
Cover me through the fire
Something knocked me out' the trees
Now I'm on my knees
Cover me, darling please
Monkey, monkey, monkey
Don't you know when you're going to shock the monkey

Fox the fox
Rat the rat
You can ape the ape
I know about that
There is one thing you must be sure of
I can't take any more
Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey
Monkey, monkey, monkey
Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey

     Wheels keep turning
     Something's burning
     Don't like it but I guess I'm learning

Shock! - watch the monkey get hurt, monkey

Cover me, when I sleep
Cover me, when I breathe
You throw your pearls before the swine
Make the monkey blind
Cover me, darling please
Monkey, monkey, monkey
Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey

     Too much at stake
     Ground beneath me shake
     And the news is breaking

Shock! - watch the monkey get hurt, monkey

Shock the monkey
Shock the monkey
Shock the monkey to life

   --- instrumental ---

you could have a steam train
if you'd just lay down your tracks
you could have an aeroplane flying
if you bring your blue sky back

all you do is call me
I'll be anything you need

you could have a big dipper
going up and down, all around the bends
you could have a bumper car, bumping
the amusement never ends

I want to be your sledgehammer
why don't you call my name
oh let me be your sledgehammer
this will be my testimony

show me round your fruitcage
'cause I will be your honey bee
open up your fruitcage
where the fruit is as sweet as can be

I want to be your sledgehammer
why don't you call my name
you'd better call the sledgehammer
put your mind at rest
I'm going to be-the sledgehammer
this can be my testimony
I'm your sledgehammer
let there be no doubt about it

sledge sledge sledgehammer

I've kicked the habit
shed my skin
this is the new stuff
I go dancing in, we go dancing in
oh won't you show for me
and I will show for you
show for me, I will show for you
yea, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I do mean you
only you
you've been coming through
going to build that powerr
build, build up that power, hey
I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
going to feel that power, build in you
come on, come on, help me do
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you
I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
it's what we're doing, doing
all day and night

   --- instrumental ---

   --- instrumental ---

We're character actors from the Tower of Babel
Bewildered, burned out hardly able
To sit astride the high wire cable
It's hard to balance, a little unstable.

Through broken eyes and contact lenses
[I] Watched you draw your future tenses
See kisses of flame blow out of your lips
You're back telling me your Apocalypse.

Don't get me wrong, I'll be strong
When the slowburn sunset come along
You've gotta stay the night
I gotta think that you might.

We've tried a handful of bills and a handful of pills
We've tried making movies from a volume of stills
[But] the words fell like hailstones,
bouncing at our feet,
Covering our feelings with a frozen sheet.

A chance to move, I take a shot
I get cold - you get hot
We look outside, lyin' awake
See birds breaking surface on a silent lake.

But don't get me wrong, I'll be strong
When I'm back on the Isle of Avalon
Dont get me wrong, I'll be strong
When the slow burn sunset come along
You've got to stay the night
I've got to think that you might.

Don't try [to] make it easy, it'll cut you down to size
Darlin' we've got to trust in something
We're shooting down our skies
      shooting down [shooting down] our skies
      [shooting down our ...]

Soft dog
Soft dog

Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
I could see the city light
Wind was blowing, time stood still
Eagle flew out of the night
He was something to observe
Came in close, I heard a voice
Standing stretching every nerve
Had to listen had no choice
I did not believe the information
[I] just had to trust imagination
My heart going boom boom boom
"Son," he said "Grab your things,
          I've come to take you home."

To keepin' silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut
So I went from day to day
Tho' my life was in a rut
"Till I thought of what I'd say
Which connection I should cut
I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey" he said "Grab your things
         I've come to take you home."
[Back home.]

When illusion spin her net
I'm never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes but still can see
No on taught them etiquette
I will show another me
Today I don't need a replacement
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey" I said "You can keep my things,
          they've come to take me home."

Hans spielt mit Lotte, Lotte spielt mit Jane
Jane spielt mit Willi, Willi ist wieder froh
Suki spielt mit Leo, Sacha spielt mit Britt
Adolf zuendet Buecher an, Enrico macht auch mit

durch das Seegras

  im Dschungel

  bis zum KNOCKOUT

Koennten Blicke toeten, waert ihr floeten
Krieg muss man schwaenzen - SPIEL OHNE GRENZEN
Koennten Blicke toeten, waert ihr floeten
Krieg muss man schwaenzen - SPIEL OHNE GRENZEN
Krieg muss man schwaenzen - SPIEL OHNE GRENZEN

JEUX SANS FRONTIERES
JEUX SANS FRONTIERES
JEUX SANS FRONTIERES

Andre hat 'ne rote Fahne, die von Chiang ist blau
Jeder hat 'nen Fahnenmast, nur nicht Lin-Tai-Pau
Wir ziehen uns Kostueme an und spielen ganz verrueckt
Ich versteck mich hoch im Baum: "Ihr seid abgefickt!"

durch das Seegras

  im Dschungel

  bis zum KNOCKOUT

Koennten Blicke toeten, waert ihr floeten
Krieg muss man schwaenzen - SPIEL OHNE GRENZEN
Koennten Blicke toeten, waert ihr floeten
Krieg muss man schwaenzen - SPIEL OHNE GRENZEN
Krieg muss man schwaenzen - SPIEL OHNE GRENZEN

JEUX SANS FRONTIERES
JEUX SANS FRONTIERES
JEUX SANS FRONTIERES

   --- instrumental ---

Stand Back!
Stand Back!

What are those dogs doing sniffing at my feet
They're on to something, picking up
Picking up this heat, this heat

{Chorus 1:}
Give me steam
And how you feel to make it real
Real as anything you've seen
Get a life with this dreamer's dream

You know your culture from your trash
You know your plastic from your cash
When I lose sight of the track
You know the way back
But I know you

You know your stripper from your paint
You know your sinner from your saint
Whenever heaven's doors are shut
You kick them open but
I know you

{Chorus 2:}
Give me steam
And how you feel to make it real
Real as any place you've been
Get a life with the dreamer's dream

Stand back!
Stand back!
Can't you see I've lost control I'm getting indiscreet
You're moving in so close 'til I'm picking up
Picking up this heat, this heat

[Chorus 1]

You know your green from your red
You know the quick from the dead
So much better than the rest
You think you've been blessed
But I know you

You know your ladder from your snake
You know the throttle from the brake
You know your straight line from a curve
You've got a lot of nerve
But I know you

[Chorus 2]

Everybody nosedive
Hold your breath, count to five
Backslap, boobytrap,
Cover it up in bubblewrap
Room shake, earthquake
Find a way to stay awake
It's going to blow, it's going to break
This is more than I can take

Oh yeah, I need steam
Feel the steam all around me
Ah you're turning up the heat
When I start to dream aloud
See you move your hands and feet
Won't you step into this cloud of steam
This steam

[Chorus 1]

Help me yeah
Ready to steam out the log jam
Stir crazy from the freezer to the boil
Water's bubbling, it's b..b..b..bubbling
bubbling [x4]
like it's coming to a boil
Give me steam, lady
Give me steam around me now
Aah coming alive [x2]
Said give me some steam

   --- instrumental ---