200,000 (In Counterfeit 50 Dollar Bills) lyrics - Citizen Cope

One day he's a Greek
One day he's Italian
He's 42 years old
He's George from Baltimore
He's a hustler
Making money on the street every day
What he does with his dough
Is a mystery
It's a shame Petey Reds thinks he's gamblin'
Everybody knows George is gettin' high
But he'll swear on his mother's grave
That he spends all his dough
On the horses at the Pimlico
Hit 'em for 700 last night
Now he's got his hand out
Somethin' ain't right
You can call it profit
You can call it lost
If he gets that train back to Baltimore

[chorus:]
200,000 in counterfeit 50 dollar bills
[repeat]

George can turn a ten to a grand real quick
To spend on his medicine
He ain't gettin' sick
His doc's gotta Benz
A white girlfriend
Now the state's gotta Benz
The country's got a Benz 'cause
She could turn the lights out
Over at the White House
Still George has got to get his
Looking for a pocket for his 50 dollar bills
Looking for a thruway to his thrills
On the train ride back to Baltimore

[chorus]
[repeat]

Salvation lyrics - Citizen Cope

Say Judas came up to D.C.
He'd been down in Georgia for a while
He drove a 944
He bought with the soul
Of a blonde-headed kid
With a left-handed guitar
Now he's lookin' for me
Citizen C-O-P-E
Sign the dotted line please
For the fake 50's
Now Judas answer me
"Since I was the age to speak
Haven't you been listening?"
Salvation

[chorus:]
Salvation
Salvation
Salvation
I'm calling
Salvation

Well he came to town
Found the woman that I love
And he fucked her down
She told him where I live
Off of 9th in the alleyway
Where they say
They got the coke and the dope
Until you end up broken
"You should have let the smack get you" he said
"But now you've got to deal with me instead
I'm downstairs on the Motorola
You know I've got 3 golden bullets
And I'm shooting for your soul"
Salvation

[chorus]

Well I came down with my Martin blazin'
My voice
It was cutting him up
Now he's aiming
His first shot grazed my eye
I lost half of my sight
And my firstborn's life
The second shot grazed off my guitar moon
And it made my guitar kinda play out of tune
But I just kept playing
Like I had nothing to lose
He turned the third on himself
'Cause the bastard knew
Salvation I'm calling
Salvation

[chorus]

Put the gun down
Put the gun down
Put the gun down
Put the gun down
[repeat]

Hands Of The Saints lyrics - Citizen Cope

It all began with this lady
Who wanted a photograph
And a woman who wanted some change
So she could get some bread
She had a scarf on her head
She didn't want to rouse her pigeon friends
And it wasn't too long before her audience danced
The lady said "rise"
She said "rise"

[chorus:]
When the lady came
Her audience sang
The hands of the saint are feeling us today
Oh yeah
[repeat]

Say brother if you wait
For the bath in the spring
We could shine
Yeah we could shine
Say sister if you wait for the bath in the spring
Yeah...we can shine
We can shine
Yeah we can shine

[chorus]

Comin' Back lyrics - Citizen Cope

He was down on his luck
Put his bag in the back of his black Cadillac Coupe DeVille
He had a meeting at the crossroad
But he didn't know that his soul was about to get killed

You can leave me lonely,
You can take my riches,
You can take my life, but my soul been saved.

He felt the cut of a sword, but the pen's mightier
Then he spread his wings and he flew away, Yeah Yeah.
If anything... is happening... I'm comin' back
I'm comin' back

For your ass, mother fuckin' fast is,
How you be running in the day.
Now you're gonna feel how,
how it feels to be running when you can't get away

You can leave me lonely,
You can take my riches,
You can take my life, but my soul been saved.

He felt the cut of a sword, but the pen's mightier
Then he spread his wings and he flew away, yeah, yeah
If anything... is happening...I'm comin' back
I'm comin' back
If anything... is happening...I'm comin' back

I'm comin' back
I'm comin' back
I'm comin' back

I'm comin' back (yeah)
I'm comin' back
I'm comin' back
I'm comin' back (yeah)

Well he was down on his luck
Put his bag in the back of his black Cadillac Coupe DeVille
He had a meeting at the crossroad
But he didn't know that his soul was about to get killed

You can leave me lonely,
You can take my riches,
You can take my life, but my soul been saved.

He felt the cut of the sword, but the pen's mightier
Then he spread his wings and he flew away, yeah, yeah.
If anything... is happening...I'm comin' back
I'm comin' back
If anything... is happening...I'm comin' back
I'm comin' back

I'm comin' back (yeah)
I'm comin' back
I'm comin' back (yeah)

I'm comin' back
I'm comin' back
I'm comin' back (yeah)

I'm comin' back... I'm comin' back to stay
I'm comin' back... I'm comin' back to stay
I'm comin' back... I'm comin' back to stay
I'm comin' back... I'm comin' back to stay

I'm comin' back... I'm comin' back to stay
I'm comin' back... I'm comin' back to stay
I'm comin' back... I'm comin' back to stay
I'm comin' back... I'm comin' back to stay

Appetite (For Lightin' Dynamite) lyrics - Citizen Cope

Everybody knows when he's coming to town
They're locking the doors
And they don't make a sound
People want him dead but he won't die yet
First he's got to live
With the things that he did
People want him leaving
But he isn't leaving soon
He gets him some smokes
And some hoes
And a hotel room
Then you best duck when he's through
He's clinching his fists
And he's looking for you

'Cause Darren's got an appetite
For lightin' dynamite
And letting it
Blow up in his hands
[repeat]

Ava's got a Frank Sinatra tune
Ava's got the sun
And the wind
And the moon
Ava's got a lawyer
And a baller
And a full-foot taller
And a bullfighter from Spain too
But I guess you could never forget
The way she moves
She removes your stress
"You ain't got a clue 'bout nothing like this"
That's what she says
And she means what she says

See Ava's got an appetite
For lightin' dynamite
And letting it blow up in her hand
[repeat]

Teresa lyrics - Citizen Cope

This feeling
Don't happen
By yourself
Alone
Is no
Way to live
Breathing
It don't happen
By yourself
Alone
Is no
Way to live
We could love
We can love
One another
We could love
We can love
One another
We could love

Holdin' On lyrics - Citizen Cope

I have been wanting you for so long
I have been wanting you for so long (so long)

I been down
I been down a different road
I been out
I have been out of control

Girl, when you touch me back
yeah, yeah
I get my senses back
Yeah
Girl, when you touch me back
yeah, yeah
I get my senses back
Yeah

So now I'm feeling alright
Cause nothin' feels like
When you're holdin' on
Said, I feel alright
Cause nothing feels like
When you're holdin'
When you're holdin'
I'm feelin' alright
Cuz nothing feels like
When you're holdin' on
When you're holdin' on

I wanna treat you like you wanna be treated (yeah)
I wanna see you as you wanna be seen (yeah)

I been down
I been down a different road
I been out
I have been out of control

Girl, when you touch me back (yeah)
I get my senses back (yeah)
girl, when you touch me back (yeah)
I get my senses back (yeah)
Oohh

So now I'm feeling alright
'Cause nothing feels like
When you're holdin' on
Said, I feel alright
Cause nothin' feels like
when you're holdin'
when you're holdin' on
Said
I feel alright
Cause nothing feels right
When you're holdin'
When you're holdin' on
I feel alright
Cause nothin' feels right
When you're holdin' on
When you're holdin' on

Let yourself go,
Let yourself go

Mandy lyrics - Citizen Cope

Hey ya hey hey hey ya hey hey…..
She said everything you’ve learned yeah you’ve been told
How can I get you to forget for awhile
She’s at my door won’t leave me alone

And she says that she’ll make my pain go by
But I know about Mandy cause Mandy you never forget
If she was a blond I’d tell her go home
But Mandy’s a brunette

And she got noting left to wear
She’ll get your heart forget your heart she’ll get your heart again
And she got nothing left to wear
She’ll get your heart forget your heart she’ll get your heart again yeah my friend

Hey ya hey hey hey ya hey hey…..
She said everything you’ve earned yeah you’ve rolled
I’ll double it up if you give me a try
She’s at my door won’t leave me alone

And she said that she’ll make my pain fly by
Twine the slot machine of the century part Vietnamese and Hindi
She’ll set you free like the enemy retreat
In the back of a black Cadillac limozine

Well she’s got nothing left to wear
She’ll get your heart forget your heart she’ll get your heart again
And she’s got nothing left to wear
She’ll get your heart forget your heart she’ll get your heart again yeah my friend

Hey ya hey hey hey ya hey hey…..
Well she’s got nothing left to wear
She’ll get your heart forget your heart she’ll get your heart again
And she’s got nothing left to wear
She’ll get your heart forget your heart she’ll get your heart again