[spoken] Come on, let's get started Enough monkeying around Yeah, the money's just rollin' in Listen, I got no problem with that no quarrel whatsoever I'm feeling real good today, My entire body is lean and tan Come on over, come on and look at my stomach muscles. Why not? Everybody else does...

I'm a wealthy guy who just happens to be fantastically handsome.

You like cars? Come on Come on, come on, come up, let's go outside I'm gonna show you something that's gonna knock your head off It's a Mercedes Benz 600 SL with 500 horsepower, brandywine leather interior, V-12 48 valve fuel injected 6.0 liter engine, 70 watt CD system with changer, windows that you can see out nobody can see in, chrome reverse wheels, Parchwood leather black soft top and you know what's the best part about it? It's all mine.

You got any idea what this car is worth? I didn't think so.

I'm a wealthy guy who just happens to be fantastically handsome.

Come on, let's go for a ride Put the pedal to the metal, little lady And I'll show you something you ain't seen in a long time Yeah! I can feel the wind through my thick and wavy hair Hey... look at that piece of meat She's lookin' at me, She wants it big time Listen: Everybody wants to be like me I don't blame them

I'm a wealthy guy who just happens to be fantastically handsome

Come on! Revv it up! What the hell are you waitin' for? Watch! I'm gonna put my pedal to the metal! Listen! Yeah! Yeah! Feel the engines throbbing! Jesus H. Christ, I feel invincible! For the first time in my life I feel totally, totally alive! Come on, Don't worry I'm like a little god! I'm like a tiny god! Hey! Outta the way, you idiot! [crash]

ACT I - Out of the Skin

I've awakened in a strange room, I've become a 43 year-old-black woman And all the memories that comprised what I thought was my identity are gone And I'm thinking 'bout a child I never bore I feel him suckling at these breasts I never had And I'm singing him a song I've never sung before

This must be the place where you learn what you would not learn on earth This must be the place where you learn what you would not learn on earth

I'm standing in a coliseum where 500 million angels are laughing at me And on a screen as big as the sky the details of my life unfold I swear I'd gladly have the skin ripped off my back Than to spend another minute in the presence of this life I have sadly thrown away

This must be the place where you learn what you would not learn on earth This must be the place where you learn what you would not learn on earth

11 months in the bath of dirty spirits If you wanna feel all grown up, well I tell you brother you're in luck 11 months in the bath of dirty spirits We're gonna have to clean the slate, you can never come a bit too late 11 months in the bath of dirty spirits We're gonna take away the rust, why don't you come along with us...

Ooh can you hear the thunder Up and down and back and forth and... Ooh don't it hurt to remember Left and right and to and fro and... Ooh hear the trumpets blowin'... Jump and stand and kneel and pray

11 months in the bath of dirty spirits If you wanna feel all grown up, well I tell you brother you're in luck...

Clean devoid of any trace of tarnish Clean spotlessly correct Clean in whispers of sanctity Clean no illusions to project No inhibitions, no defenses up No need to rattle or to rule I'm clean for the first time

Clean beyond imagination Clean like the core of the blazing sun Clean distant from no one Clean consummately one There's no deception, no distortion here Not a shade of something criminal or cruel I'm clean for the first time

Clean for the first time Clean for the first tim

I don't wanna go down there I don't wanna have to wear that suit of skin I don't wanna go away from you I don't want the struggle to begin

Because I fear life more than death I'm so afraid to take my first breath This is real and that is not I remember now that it hurts alot It hurts alot, it hurts like hell to be born

I see them walking by the railroad tracks They don't even know each other's name They come together They think it's all just a game

Because I fear life more than death I'm so afraid to take my first breath This is real and that is not I remember now that it hurts alot It hurts alot, it hurts alot, it hurts like hell to be born

They're naked and they're calling me down They're naked and they're calling me down

Come and walk the earth Come and wear your skin Come and drink your water

They're naked and they're calling me down

ACT II - Into The Skin

Hey have you seen the disposable child With sunken cheeks and belly distended Hey have you seen the disposable child Exempted from grace and left undefended Born into a world that's soo defiled Well now don't shed a tear he's just a disposable child.

Hey have you heard the disposable child One who's heart should be fillin' with wonder Hey have you heard the disposable child Who spent his youth dodging bullets and thunder Don't waste your time with this soul who's never smiled Now don't shed a tear he's just a disposable child

Hey do you know the disposable child Born into suffering, forced into hiding Hey do you know the disposable child It seems your agenda and his are colliding Asking only for love but feeling so reviled Now don't shed a tear, he's just a disposable child

To whom can you turn my disposable child When heaven and earth have left you forsaken To whom can you turn my disposable child When the winds of neglect leave you tattered and shaken Where the refuse of humanity is piled They don't shed a tear if you're just a disposable chil

6

It's a regular Monday just like any other Monday The sky's not too blue and it's not too grey The radio is playin' a very normal song There's probably a million normal people just singin' right along, yeah...

The sprinklers are out and the lawns are freshly mowed There's a regular blue car driving slowly down the road There's white toast on the table and a regular glass of juice The kitchen faucet's drippin' now, something must be loose...

And I'm lookin' for the face of G-d to appear I wanna watch a jumbo jet explode in the air I want the sycamore trees to pull their roots out of the ground and fly fly away...

The magazines in the bathroom have been read a thousand times The moths fly in circle near the doorbell chimes The neighbors are playin' Yahtzee and drinkin' iced tea And I've just read the phone book from A to Z

But you know I'm lookin' for the face of G-d to appear I wanna watch a jumbo jet explode in the air I want the sycamore trees to pull their roots out of the ground and fly fly away...

This year's like a photograph, static and still You can only think of dying with this much time to kill

But you know I'm lookin' for the face of G-d to appear I wanna watch a jumbo jet explode in the air I want the sycamore trees to pull their roots out of the ground and fly fly away...

7

With you I can see past the lies and greed in this burned out city With you I can run from the shell-shocked demons dancin' in my head You give me strength when my legs are tired You feed my soul when I'm uninspired

With you I can speak in a voice that rings with love and mercy With you I can stand no matter where the howlin' wind of change may blow I lie in bed and I watch you sleep There is no dream that I would not keep with you with you

There is no face that I love as much There is no dream that I could not touch with you with you with you with you

With you I can love with a heat that defies explanation With you I can sleep like an infant held up in mother's arms I know you well and you know me too There's no hope so lost that it can't be touched with you

Do you remember the promise we made in the garden of Shilo Do you remember the way we laid beneath the roof of palm

Do you remember that jasmine breeze in the garden of Shilo We were made small by the redwood trees near the rivers of psalms

If you knew I was losin' you would you find me If you heard how I needed you would you run

Do you remember the children singing in the garden of Shilo Do you remember those school bells ringin' Scarin' the doves away Do you remember that clear blue sky over the garden of Shilo G-d swore that I could fly over the fields of hay

If you knew I was losin' you would you find me If you heard how I needed you would you run To the garden of Shilo To the garden of Shilo To the garden of Shilo

If you knew I was losin' you would you find me If you heard how I needed you would you run To the garden of Shilo To the garden of Shilo To the garden of Shilo

9

Laugh my beloved, wipe the tear drops from your eyes Laugh my beloved, for the sun is on the rise Sing my beloved, for life is always good Sing my beloved, that this may be understood

May you always remember the place from which you came May G-d bring you blessings to flow from your new name

Laugh my beloved, may you always stay secure Laugh my beloved, may your heart remain this pure Sing my beloved, for the day is sweet and long Sing my beloved, and may your life be like a song Dance my beloved, out in the autumn air Dance my beloved, with the wind rushing through your hair

May you always remember the place you're eternally bound May G-d bring you blessings even greater than the ones we've found

Laugh my beloved, so sweet my newborn son Laugh my beloved, for the journey has begun

ACT III - Skin Pain

10

I got a thousand questions for G-d and man I got a head full of answers I can't understand Why the lies grow fat the children get crushed The static gets applause and the truth gets hushed We live our lives in stoned anticipation Somewhere along the line we've lost our ticket home It's so easy to be broken, it's so hard to be alone

Everyone's cravin' what nobody needs Just killin' time while our innocence bleeds You and I are jumpin' madly tryin' to rise above A world of decay and the wreckage of love But you know we'd lay our morals down in fire For the filthy little dream they toss us like a bone It's so easy to be broken, it's so hard to be alone It's so easy to be broken, it's so easy to be broken down

There's a woman in the alley sleepin' by the trash Dreamin' 'bout her daddy and fists full of cash Now they're cleanin' their pistols at the end of my block What should I tell my daughter when she learns how to talk Do I tell her the that world's been built on broken promises Do I tell her that she needs to find a heart of stone It's so easy to be broken, it's so hard to be alone

It's so easy to be broken, it's so easy to be broken It's so easy to be broken down... It's so hard to be alone Easy to be broken, easy to be broken

The 5th of August, she looks like a dream She sips her coffee with sugar and some cream What difference does it make if I say I'll be home soon

The 5th of August, she waits patiently for me She reads a magazine and squeezes lemons in her tea My life is a mistake if I can't be with my love I'm out of time time time, I need to spend some time with you I'm out of time time time, I need to spend some time with you I'm out of time time time

The 5th of August, I stopped and took a look around Then I took an airplane and I flew back into town What is it all about if not for loving you I'm out of time time time, I need to spend some time with you I'm out of time time time, I need some time to be with you I'm out of time time time, I need to spend some time with you I'm out of time time time, I need some time with you

When I'm swimming out to Mars you pull me back When I'm lost with all the stars you bring me back again I'm out of time time time, I need to spend some time with you I'm out of time time time, I need some time to be with you I'm out of time time time, I need to spend some time with you I'm out of time time time

I do believe we have fallen asleep now the grass has overgrown I don't recall when the summer turned to fall or when the sky was turned to stone Or when all these heated promises started freezin' like the snow I know it ain't right to be at your door tonight But I got nowhere else to go

Are there ghosts in my bed or just your memory in my head That keeps me up until the dawn I hear the barking of a dog in the early morning fog Sounds like the making of a song A song you sing on lonely days when the cold wind starts to blow I know it ain't right to be at your door tonight But I got nowhere else to go

I had to come see your face see your hair hanging low I'm filled with shame and disgrace But I got nowhere else to go All these heated promises started freezin' like the snow I know it ain't right that I'm at your door tonight Well I got nowhere else to go

I will never forget nor look back with sad regret Upon the days we were entwined Everything I've learned every stone I've overturned Will be engraved upon my mind What to do with all these useless plans That well up in my heart and overflow I know it ain't right to be at your door tonight But I got nowhere else to go

I had to come see your face see your hair hanging low I'm filled with shame and disgrace I got nowhere else to go I got nowhere else to go I got nowhere else to go I got nowhere else to go

The satelite dish outside my room is covered up by the snow The television's on but the sound's turned off and I just want to explode There's a show about fishing in green and blue Two big guys in the middle of a stream Well they're looking for trout in rubber suits and I just wanna scream

Chaos and void, have you felt this way Chaos and void, I wanna come down Chaos and void, can't let my playhouse be destroyed Chaos and void, I wanna come down

There's some lukewarm water on the table to my left It was scalding hot an hour ago But time and air have conspired to cool it off While my blood boils uncontrolled If you wanna get to heaven you've got keep your head But that's so easily talked about Until you take into account The deep frustration the penetrating sense of doubt

Chaos and void, have you felt this way Chaos and void, I wanna come down Chaos and void, can't let my playhouse be destroyed Chaos and void, I wanna come down

The wind is howling in bursts and shrieks like a siren or a man in distress I wanna reach right over to where you are but that would make such a mess There's a bone spirit laughin' out in the hall tempting me with the sweetest of deals It says let me help you remember the way that madness feels...

Chaos and void, have you felt this way Chaos and void, I wanna come down Chaos and void, can't let my playhouse be destroyed Chaos and void, I wanna come down

I wanna come down I wanna come down

ACT IV - Skin As Wings

I been drivin' sixteen hours this rain is like a metronome And on my radio they're talkin' 'bout Jesus Talkin' all about comin' home Well I don't know a thing about it I close my ears and live without it You can hear too much when you're alone

Like children's voices and lovers moanin' Or a dry wind blowin' through a river bed All these memories, wel they're wrapped up Like a ball of yarn inside my head Now a semi's movin up behind me Its headlights they all but blind me But it's funny, for the first time I can see

I have believed in money but all I got was greed I have believed in vengeance but all I did was bleed I have believed in fame but fame turned its back on me If I had only believed in love I could have been set free

I often wonder does it matter or is this all a worthless joke Are we just atoms conceived in silence awaiting our turn to fly like smoke I'd do anything to lay beside you I'd bring you all the things that I denied you I'd say the words I seldom spoke

I have believed in money but all I got was greed I have believed in vengeance but all I did was bleed I have believed in fame but fame turned its back on me If I had only believed in love If I had only believed in love If I had only believed in love I could have been set free