1. JUST PLAIN EVIL

You sold your soul for a lump of coal
She's blacker than the night
Didn't think you'd be needing it
But your thoughts ring out of fright

But you never know who you might meet
On the street where the church bells ring to a different beat

Is it joy, is it pain
Is it rusted in the rain
Do you really think I need it
Is it just plain evil

Heard a man who had a plan
To save the wretched world
Nationwide genocide
To betray boys and girls

Like a one-eyed jack and suicide king
Look out for beady eyes I think you know what I mean, hey

Is it good, is it bad
Is it bitter, is it sad
Is it inside all you people
Is it just plain evil

You've got a lot to learn
You've got a lot to change
You've got nothing to lose but a ball and chain

(Let go of my head, gonna make it the night
Let go of my head, gonna make it through the day)

Is it good, is it bad
Is it bitter, is it sad
Do you really think I need it
Is it just plain evil


2. CHAINS

Mirror on the wall, it tells no lies
And no, I don't like what I see
I see a woman there, I watch her as she cries
And the woman isn't really me

But everyday I get up, calm down, give up, hang around
Look for you, hold me tender, set me free
I need to feel you put your hands around me
Day in, day out, it's the same old story

You're out there on your own
Is it worth the price you paid?
Got you in its chains
Will it set you free someday?

I wish I didn't feel this way, I can't get nothing done
And all I want to do is go to sleep
Though I lie in bed for hours I cannot close my eyes
And lonely days turn into lonely weeks

But everyday I get up, calm down, give up, hang around
Look for you, tender, hold me, set me free
I need to feel you put your hands around me
Day in, day out, it's the same old story

You're out there on your own
Is it worth the price you paid?
Got you in its chains
Will it set you free someday?

Every now and then I think things might be all right
And I think I see a light beyond the door
Just as I approach it disappears again
And everything seems darker than before

But every day I get up, calm down, give up, hang around
Look for you, hold me tender, set me free
I need to feel you put your hands around me
Day in, day out, it's the same old story

You're out there on your own
Is it worth the price you paid?
Got you in its chains
Will it set you free someday?


3. SECRET NO MORE

Well, well, now what the hell has gotten into you
Is it something we can make it through
I'll spend the rest of my life trying to figure you out
Like a black silhouette in a shadow of doubt
Some kinda spectacle that no one can see through

But it burns inside, you hide it well
You hide it from yourself
And you promise that you won't tell
Promise that you won't tell
Promise that you won't tell
Promise that you won't yell

Secret no more, secret no more

Now I know that something's wrong
And I'll find out before too long
Only you can break my solitude
Don't you tell anyone I told you this
But gossip can be a deadly kiss
And we got to die to spread your disease too

But it burns inside, you hide it well
You hide in your illusion
And you promise that you won't tell
Promise that you won't tell
Promise that you won't tell
Promise that you won't yell

Secret no more, secret no more

Promise that you won't tell (×3)

Promise that you won't yell

Secret no more, secret no more (I'm keepin' it)
Secret no more,(I'm losin' it)
Secret no more


4. ARTIFICIAL HEART

It's a second-hand story no one wants to hear
And it's wet with blood, salted with tears
It's black and white and red all over
Happens all the time

This was something about an… artificial heart

She lived in a sleepytown trailer home park
Where not many people go out after dark
Innocent, helpless at seventeen
Queen of every loser's wet dream

Which brings us to our villain, but a mother could love
He liked amputation and the Lord above
He kidnapped her on her way home from school
She lost her mind, he lost his cool

She didn't tell him about the… the artificial heart
Artificial heart (heart, heart, heart)

Announced missing and dead, then some kid found her head
Then an arm and a leg
And you know the rest they said
The artificial heart it was still beating

[Paramedics shouting out]

With a needle and a thread they sewed on her head
She's alive and well, she was never dead
She doesn't remember the day she didn't die
Or how everybody cried

She read the story in the paper how she was victimized
And you should have seen the look in her eyes
Her assailant was acquitted and as she read
I swear she laughed off her head


5. P-9

Somebody's thinking that there might be something wrong
Business is sinking and the crew's been casted off
Nobody's bailing, nobody's sailing, but we're watching here from shore
Nobody's working and we better work this out

If we could see eye to eye, you could see just exactly who is small
But I do my job and do it well and go to hell for writing on the wall
There'd be enough to go around if I could just get around you
I am not down, my hands are empty, and they're open and I need something to do

And it makes me wonder who I'm working for
'Cause I think you know just what I'm looking for
And it makes me wonder who you're working for

How many children are waiting by your door?
This is just a child that I'm working for

You gave me nothing, now you're taking it away
I should be walking and making it easy to ignore but I
guess I'd better stay
And I forgave you for all the people you've done wrong
Nobody's working and it's gone on far too long

And it makes me wonder who you're working for
'Cause I think you know just what I'm looking for
And it makes me wonder who I'm working for
How many children are waiting by your door

Is it just a paycheck I'm fighting for?


6. TAKE IT TO THE ROOT

Hey what you doing comin' around my place
Whoa, I hear you cryin', tears run down my face
Do this, do that, it's always push, push, push
But I sure grow tired of beating 'round the bush

Take it to the root
(Take it to the root)
Take it to the root
(Take it to the root)
Take it, take it, take it

Hey whatcha saying, calling out my name
I ain't got no shame, better find someone else to blame
Talking 'round in circles, better get to the point
I should find someone else to give support

Take it to the root
(Take it to the root)
Take it to the root
(Take it to the root)
Take it, take it, take it

Well, I can't take it, always in my face
Hey, don't I know you, I've seen you someplace
Back before you know it, back for more abuse
Back to where I started from, home and on the lose

Take it to the root
(Take it to the root)
Take it to the root
Take it, take it, take it

Take it to the root one time
Take it to the root two times
Take it to the root three times
Take it to the root four times, times four my god

Take it to the root
(Take it to the root)
Take it to the root
(Take it to the root)
Take it, take it, take it