Resurrection Band
DMZ
S.O.S.
Resurrection Band - HOSTAGE - © 1984
When I was just a kid I tought everyone was true How 'bout you I'd stand up in school With a hand in my heart How true - trought an' trought There goes a kid a kid with a S.O.S. There goes a kid a kid with a S.O.S. All of my days were spent listening to those Around me, what they'd say I was taking it in And they were dishing it out Always right, what could I say? I was send to Sunday school We all learned the golden rule Teacher thought we were all real sweet The kids in the class swept her off her feet That was another time Before confusion has ripped my mind Ideas here questions over there Like the leaves in the the trees everywhere Climb up in one and what have you done It really doesn't get you anywhere Years have passed and lots of things Have bounced between me heart and brain From army green to down in the drain No place to go and half insane Like the clouds that are full of rain Jesus came down and spoke my name No more alarm because I see You No more alarm no more S.O.S. No more alarm because
Attention
Resurrection Band - HOSTAGE - © 1984
Out on the edge of the universe where no mortals dare to go There from above the crimson clouds He watches down below His eyes are blazing flames of fire, His voice a thundering roar The nations shudder at the sound, they beg to hear no more Attention - stand on your feet Attention - listen to me A trillion stars an planets were born at His command The keys to life and judgement are held within His hand Demons cringe and tremble, they fear to hear His Name The rise and fall of kingdom is left within His wake Lightning flashes round His hand, the veil is torn in two Nothing can resist His power, even death is doomed And yet He stoops to shelter those who call His Name That is why He suffered, and that is why He came Attention - stand on your feet Attention - you can be free
Souls For Hire
Resurrection Band - HOSTAGE - © 1984
You toy with the truth You dilute with water You hate your wife But you say you love your daughter Envision if you will A world on fire It's a flaming sin We're sould for hire You get what you pay for A jack of all trades A fish full of small change A host of charades Philosophies drifting To please every whim It only depends On the mood you're in You learn toward religion You secularize Don't feed me excuses They're nothing but lies The time that you're wasting Is precios to Him Truth is you don't confront sin Like a magician With rabbit in hand A wand of ideas At your command Some will be fooled And believe what you say But God will be the last To speak on that day Leave or be left That's what it says Be loved if you want Or lost if you don't Don't blame the preacher Don't balme the school Don't blame conditions Don't be a fool If you live in darkness It's you that decides An' it won't freeze over No matter the time
Defective Youth
Resurrection Band - HOSTAGE - © 1984
Don't ask about our problems We don't know ourselves We crave success and pleasure Materialistic cells Send us off the school But make sure that we don't pray Drugs and sex and violence Teenage passion play We are twisted We are rotten No 60s answers, please We are handsome We are modern Got a terminal social desease Defective youth! Why won't you listen Please don't analyze me I'm gone beyond recall Rule books, revolutions Don't mean that much at all What's good for me is good There's only self and void Indefferent adolescent A teenage android My heart is at the North Pole Needs moral antifreeze Church people pushing answers You want me on my knees You say He's the solution You tell me you got love I say you gotta prove it When push comes to shove
Who's Real Anymore
Resurrection Band - HOSTAGE - © 1984
Preachers beggin' on the radio Makin' pleas on T.V. shows - all right All I hear is gimme gimme money Isn't that a little bit funny - all right I know what you're thinkin' I know what you're makin' of this Who's real anymore People talk about faith and trust But you can't have it till they see the green stuff I've seen the shores of many a land but this greed I still don't understand - all right I count the cost I don't see no cash Let's be real is money gonna last - all right People livin' and dyin' in the streets You fill your pockets now that's real sweet - all right I know what you're thinkin' I know what you're makin' of this Who's real anymore Are you real anymore
Armageddon Appetite
Resurrection Band - HOSTAGE - © 1984
Beyond The Gun
Resurrection Band - HOSTAGE - © 1984
Still, in the fog- ruled chill I have had my fill Now the will to move, I choose To run, out beyond the gun They're as cold as you Like the barricade, you built And, with no guilt or shame I whisper Your Name In the blue light, tonight No, no more questions here Now to shed this fear Strip myself of frigid steel and concrete Here in the backstreet Crossing the zone, wire and trench You, God my sole defence How, I love you, land of my birth Now I leave you And perhaps this earth Now the will to go At last I choose At least I chose Father, run with me please I run I run I run To run out beyond the gun To run out beyond the gun To run out beyond the gun To run out beyond the gun
Crimes
Resurrection Band - HOSTAGE - © 1984
In the glare of the streetlight Young toughs on the prowl In the pale of the moonlight Ghetto wakes with a howl Crimes, gettin' ready for crimes Crimes, in our hearts an' our minds Hot times in the city Big deal on the curb Kids strugglin' to bust out Tryin' to act on their nerve It don't matter what they taught you When you're unemployed Feelin' restless and ripped off And you know you're annoyed I got a new piece of news for you You can get bailed out God can change your criminal heart That's what love's about It was crime, just a low-down crime Just a crime, in my heart in my mind No more crimes In my heart, in my mind
It's You
Resurrection Band - HOSTAGE - © 1984
It's You Make the atoms dance It's You Creates pure romance It's You I am thinking of It's You, You, You It's You Lifts the poor man's head It's You Gives us daily bread It's You Sums up reality It's You, You, You When the world's powers got together To nail You on that tree You rolled away their hearts of stone Said, "Come on - follow Me!" It's You Came to heal the sick It's You Sword that cuts to the quick It's You Cave this girl Your life It's You, You, You It's You Washing off every stain It's You Who will come again It's You Fills my heart with Your love It's You, You, You I wanna be like You
Tears In The Rain
Resurrection Band - HOSTAGE - © 1984
Someone in the doorway Barced against the cold Red brick against his back He thought he'd been so bold With bitterness inside him He recalled her face and name She told him that she loved him He told her the same And walked away Still her face before him His guitar began to play The band rocked on behind him The crowd begun to sway His album climbed the charts Like a bullet from a gun Fans numbered in the thousends And he was number one Dreamer dreaming dreams of youth Dreams of days gone by Dreams are spun by liars Who won't release the lie Don't you know ... there's Murder in money, prison in fame Danger in love, and tears in the rain He stood in a silhuette At last he wore the crown Desire of a lifetime On stage in his home town And in the street outside Was a long-forgotten face Praying for the dreamer She wept for boy's mistakes And as he left the theathre In his limousine He saw her in an instant Felt the breath of their lost dreams But rock'n'roll was calling The spotlight never waits A crying girl and her God Watched him move on to his fate
Walk Away
Resurrection Band - HOSTAGE - © 1984
Every time we walk away We walk away from You No chance in a million years When we walk away from You Why do we turn to go Why do we walk away from You Every time we live that way We walk away from You We don't know how to feel tonight We wait in single file We're hot, we're cold, we're in between Whatever trend's in style There's sadness in Your smile There's sorrow in Your smile Every time we're lost out there We've walked away from You Every time we're lonely Oh, we've walked away from You