Try Not to Be Afraid
[The Man]
Try not to be afraid, so many things can happen
Nothings ever quite as bad as it might appear
I’ll give you all I got, You know I can protect you
And try and stop you shedding even one more single tear
[Swallow]
Shelter from the storms
[The Man]
Refuge from the world outside
[Swallow]
Safety from the dangers
[The Man]
Escape from all the disappointments that time has passed
[Swallow & The Man]
Healing of the wounds, the banishing of nightmares
[The Man]
An end to endless tortured nights untroubled sleep at last
[The Man & Swallow]
This is the vow I’ve made, I’ll see it all come true now
And all you have to do for me, Try not to be afraid
[The Man]
I swear I’ll be with you, this promise that I’ve made you
[The Man & Swallow]
You will always be with me
[The Man]
Think of every thing you’ve got, try not to be afraid
[Swallow]
Try not to be afraid
[The Man & Swallow]
Try not to be afraid
A Kiss is a Terrible Thing to Waste
[Amos]
Lets make a promise, and then lets take a vow
Times running out, the only time left is now
And you know you deserve more than this
If you trust me at all then just give it a chance
They all want you to crawl but I want you to dance
And if we make a pact then it’s only right to seal it with a kiss
If you listen to the night you can hear the darkness call
I can barely stand to wait I can barely stand at all
So come closer to me now like we’re sharing the same skin
We gotta get out of this jail we gotta let the future in
So many things in your life that your bound to regret
Why didn’t I do this? Why didn’t I do that?
So many chances you’ve lost that you’ll never forget
Why didn’t I take it? Why didn’t I make it come true?
The loneliest words you’ll ever know, if only, if only it were so
[Amos & The Man]
The emptiest words that there’ll ever be
It could have been me, it could have been me
The loneliest words you’ll ever know, if only, if only it were so
The emptiest words that there’ll ever be
It could have been me, it could have been me
[Amos]
You’ll have to pay for it later if you don’t get it when it’s going for free
Believe me, Believe me!
So come with me now we can fly away
There’s a time to be saved but your damned if you stay
Put your foot on the gas and lets go
Take a chance on a promise and a roll of the dice
We can set a few fires we can melt all the ice
We can have more adventures than you ever even dreamed that you would know
There’s a feast waiting for you and you never even gotten a taste
[Swallow]
There’s a lot I haven’t got
[Amos]
It’s later than you think and a kiss is a terrible thing to waste
[The Man]
If you listen in the night you can hear your plans fall through
One more fight you’ll never win, one more dream that won’t come true
[Amos]
You shouldn’t tremble when we touch, let me show you what to do and how
Cause We’ll never be as young as we are right now
[Amos, The Man & Swallow]
We’ll never be as young as we are right now
[The Man]
So many cries in the night that you try to ignore
[Amos]
Why didn’t I do this?
[The Man]
Why didn’t I do that?
[Amos & The Man]
So many unanswered prayers, so many unopened doors
[Amos]
Why didn’t I take it?
[Amos & The Man]
Why didn’t I make it come true?
The loneliest words you’ll ever know, if only, if only it were so
The emptiest words that there’ll ever be
It could have been me, it could have been me
The loneliest words you’ll ever know, if only, if only it were so
The emptiest words that there’ll ever be
It could have been me, it could have been me
You’ll have to pay for it later
[Amos]
If you don’t get it when it’s going for free
[Amos & The Man]
Believe me, believe me, believe me
[Amos]
A kiss is a terrible thing to waste
[Amos & The Man]
A kiss is a terrible thing to waste
[Amos]
It’s something that’s always been so
[Swallow]
How I wish I could let go
[Amos]
A kiss is a terrible thing to waste
[The Man]
You make one mistake and it can’t be erased
[Amos]
And one of these nights I’m gonna show you that you already know
[Swallow]
I don’t even know what I know
[Amos]
There’s a feast waiting for you and you’ve never even gotten a taste
[The Man]
I’ll kill him if he hurts her
[Amos & Swallow]
It’s later than you think
[Amos & The Man]
And a kiss is a terrible thing to waste
[Amos]
Now’s the time when you got to let go
If Only (Reprise)
[Swallow]
If all we lost somehow came back
If all that died again would grow
[Swallow & Poor Baby]
If only it was so, these are the loneliest words I know
[Swallow]
If only it was so, these are the loneliest words I know
Charlie Christmas
[The Man]
Charlie went out to the gambling hall
And he started to play on the roulette wheel
With a quarter on the red and his head in his hands
As he watched and he waited till the ball came to rest
Old Charlie never moved, he just let his money ride
And the red won again, and again, and again
He won sixteen times before they found out he was dead
For the whole time, what a wonder, he was dead, but still a winner
Imagine the shock and the stunning loss of pride
For the house had been losing to a man who had died
There’s gotta come a time when we all gotta go
The start is always fast but the ends always slow
[Swallow]
And the moral is? and the moral is?
And the moral is? and the moral is?
[The Man]
When miss Annie found out she put a gun to her head
It was loaded, sixteen bullets
She was all dressed in black, she had her necklace on
When she fired sixteen bullets
Her sons put her in a coffin then they put it in a hearse
It was drawn by sixteen horses
Then they all got on a barge and they drifted out to sea
To see a fallen angel, whose fall was over
A fallen angel, with a moustache
And there’s gotta come a time when we’ve all gotta go
You start out always fast but the ends always slow
There’s gotta come a time when we’ve all gotta go
You start out always fast but the ends always slow
[Swallow, Brat & Poor Baby]
And the moral is? and the moral is?
And the moral is? and the moral is?
[The Man]
It was their time to go so they went
Off Ramp Exit to Paradies
[Candy]
Somebody told me there’s an off ramp exit to paradise
Only time will tell if there’s an off ramp exit to paradise
Going anywhere has gotta be heaven, just staying here has got to be hell
I’m getting out of this joint, I’ll be strong and alone
No regrets maybe one, maybe two or three
If I had it to do over again, I’d do it to him before he did it to me
If I had it to do over again, I’d do it to them before they did it to me
Somebody told me there’s an off ramp exit to paradise
If I had it to do over again, I’d do it to him before he did it to me
Safe Haven (Reprise)
[Townspeople]
Now the noose is tightening
Closing in, wrapping round our prey
There’s thunder and there’s lightening
Storms are coming
Wash the sins away
Wrestle With the Devil
[Earl]
You gotta be prepared to wrestle
Wrestle with the devil in a heartbeat
Before the moment is past
[Townspeople]
You gotta be prepared, you gotta be prepared
To wrestle with the devil in a heartbeat
Or it could be your very last
[Snake Preacher]
(spoken)
And the Lord said “They shall take up serpents”, And those who believe will be saved. And those whose faith is weak will perish with the devil. Test your faith! Put your life in the hands of the Lord. Who amongst you will take up serpents?
You all know about the Devil, don’t ya, brethren, I bet he’s got you scared
Cause you can feel it in your hearts and bones, he’s in this very town
And he wants your souls now, you gotta be prepared
[Townspeople]
You gotta be prepared
[Snake Preacher]
You gotta be prepared, to wrestle with the devil in a heartbeat
Before the moment is past
You all know about the Devil, don’t ya, don’t ya
You don’t think that you’ll be spared
He’s gonna tempt you with a life of sin, tease you with his flashing grin
But we’ve got the lord here, (oh yes) we’ve got the truth now (oh yes)
Yes you’ve got the mighty, (oh yes) you’ve got to be prepared
[Townspeople]
No matter what you do, he’s coming after you
So wrestle with the devil till you break him
Until he’s gone from your head
You gotta face the test
[Snake Preacher]
The devil doesn’t rest
[Townspeople]
So wrestle with the devil till you take him, until he’s finally, cold and dead
[Snake Preacher]
He’s there in the reflections on the river skimming by
He’s there in the clouds as they blacken the sky
He’s there in your bedroom, He can crawl into your dreams
[Person 1]
He’s anything he want’s to be, but he’s never what he seems
[Person 2]
He’s there in the foreboding, you feel in your bones
[Person 3]
He’s there in the graveyard, chipping names on the stones
[Townspeople]
He’s there in your memories, turning good times into bad
He’s there in the future, that you wish you never had
No matter what you do, he’s coming after you
So wrestle with the devil till you break him
Until he’s gone from your head
You gotta be a success, the devil doesn’t rest
So wrestle with the devil till you break him
Until he’s finally cold and dead
[Snake Preacher]
You’ll see him in the movies, brother thinking about sex and guzzling gin
You’ll see him in the courthouse sister trying to make legal every horrible sin
You’ll see him in the churches brother, acting like he loves the lord above
You’ll see him in your families Sister! Better take a look at who you love
[Candy]
You all know about the Devil, don’t ya, don’t ya
You all know, he’s lying in wait
He’s lying in more ways than one, every time he uses you
Breaks a promise, and breaks your heart
And that’s why love turns to hate
Are you gonna save me Amos? One more chance to save my life
Show me that you care
Don’t you think it’s time that you grew up, such a gullible, stupid girl
A little Angel? a little tramp
Your secrets out and I don’t care
[Amos]
I swear I didn’t tell, I’d rather go to hell
I made a vow, you know I’d never break it
I’d never lie at all to you
[Candy]
How many goddam vows, have you taken up to now
Have you kept a single one? oh forget it
Your pathetic, and that’s the only truth
How can you be so blind? Didn’t anybody know?
The Devils been here all the time, he’s waiting
Playing, hide and seek
He’s up in Swallow’s barn, he’s dangerous and armed
He’s got a gun, he’s not afraid to use it
The killer is strong and you are all so weak
[Sheriff]
It’s time that this was over
[A Local]
Nerves are raw
[Townspeople]
Hearts begin to pound
[Sheriff]
Bring him in, hunt him down
[Sheriff & Townspeople]
A little bit of slaughter is justified to bring us back our town
The Hunt
[The Mob]
No matter what the outrage, no matter what the crime
No matter where he’s hiding, he’s running out of time
No matter what he’s seeing, no matter what he starts
We’ll tear him limb from limb, that’s all that matters
No matter what
The Nature of the Beast
[Swallow]
It seems to me you waited till the time came
I believe, you returned for us at last
It seems to me you tested me so many ways
I believe, every test I passed
It seems to me that every test I passed
[The Man]
If you go deep down inside my eye’s, do you see a saviour, a prophet or even a priest?
Or do you only see the blackness there, that’s the nature of the beast
The one that you should fear the most, may be the ones you fear the least
If you know me then you have to know, the nature of the beast
There are hungry devils everywhere, it’s on my heart they feast
Let me rise above the carcass of this all too mortal beast
If I had the chance I’d fly away, I’d see myself released
I’d fly above the carcass of this poor, pathetic beast
[Swallow]
I don’t know why you try to make me doubt you
I don’t know why when I believe my spirit so
Some day soon, they’ll no longer threaten you
Till that day all my prayers are yours
Until then, all my prayers are yours
[The Man]
The things that you despise the most maybe the ones that can stand the least
There are lots of things you’ve yet to learn about the nature of the beast
There’s always wars and plagues and death, the terrors have never ceased
There’s nothing you or I can do about the nature of the beast
[Swallow]
I’m not afraid, you taught me that
[The Man]
You fool why can’t you see
[Swallow]
I’m not listening to a word you say, It was God sent you to me
[The Man]
What’s the only sound left in this world, when every other sound has ceased?
It’s the breathing in and the breathing out
It’s still, it’s still, in me
It’s still the nature of the beast
There are hungry devils everywhere, it’s on my heart they feast
Let me rise above the carcass of this pitiable beast
If I had the chance I’d fly away, I’d see my soul released
I’d fly above the carcass of the nature of the beast
[Swallow]
There’s a prayer for the lost and for the lonely
There’s a prayer to make the blind one’s see
But if you, you are not what you must be
Then it’s true you haven’t got a prayer for me
And I, I haven’t got a prayer:.. I have nothing
[The Man]
So many things in your life that your bound to regret
Why didn’t I do this? Why didn’t I do that?
So many chances you’ve lost that you’ll never forget
So many unspoken vows, so many unopened doors
So many unbroken chains, so many unsettled scores
Why didn’t I take it? Why didn’t I make it come true?
[Swallow]
No one’s ever looked at me
[Swallow & The Man]
No one’s ever looked at me
The way you’re looking at me now
Whistle Down the Wind
[Swallow]
Whistle down the wind, let your voices carry
Drown out all the rain, light a patch of darkness
Treacherous and scary
[Boone]
Howl at the stars, whisper when your sleeping
I’ll be there to hold you, I’ll be there to stop
The chills and all the weeping
Make it clear and strong, so the whole night long
Every signal that you send, until the very end
I will not abandon you my precious friend
[Family]
So try and stem the tide, then you’ll raise a banner
Send a flare up in the sky, try to burn a torch
And try to build a bonfire
Every signal that you send, until the very end, I’m there
So whistle down the wind, for I have always been right there