LYRICS: "JUMP BACK"

In a place filled with 8,000,000 opinions
It's a wonder anytime things come out right
When it's bad it's good
And when it's cold the heat inside's just one more contradiction
As the network noise tries defining tides I sit here thinking
Aloud to myself

Jump back
And give us all a hand
We take it on the chin
But in the end we stand our ground
One fact
And this should make it clear
A unity of spirit
Is our new career

The star grace star pace to be continued
Is a world that's lived out and dreamed of with every other line
While the newsstand chatters of foreign matters in the daily lotto pick queue
At the conference calls go out for wisdom as I open up the window
And I turn on my cell

Jump back
And give us all a hand
The mighty and the flighty
Have all formed a band on sight
One fact
We're sticking with our plan
Talking money talking art
This is our Holy Land
And it will not be broken down

Sign left sign right raise up or flatten
Sometimes it's hard to know we're all loose alone without a guide
It's a cool fall now I do my work as I'm surrounded by reminders
And a light is shining on a mountain high in low Manhattan

And I reside there myself
'Cause I invited myself
And I invented myself
And I defy and I rebel
'Cause it's expensive as hell
And though my tears often well
Up when I hear of who fell
I feel so proud of ourselves
And I will call it home tonight

Jump back
And give us all a hand
We take it on the chin
But in the end we stand our ground
One fact
And let us make it clear
This surfacing of purpose
Isn't gonna disappear

And we will make a pledge upon our sacred scar
And we have pledged to live upon our sacred scar
We will repeat the pledge upon our sacred scar
We won't forget our pledge upon the sacred scar

© d. first 2001