rock and roll suicide
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rock and roll suicidethe rise, fall and love affair
by james haggerty
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Disclaimer...
This is about a love stronger than success. Stronger than life.
Love is the strongest of all human emotions. It can break a hardened man. It isthe silent moans of two lovers lost in a world of their own. Love has noboundaries. Love has no restrictions. Love is the complete devotion of oneperson to another and the willingness to share a l ifetime together.
Suicide is the means to an end. It is the ultimate human tragedy, taking one’sown soul. It is frowned upon amongst the world’s religions. Suicide is the faithof an ameliorate life. Whatever or wherever that may be. If that isn't conviction,then I don't know what is.
Rock and roll. Hmmm... well rock and roll, is just that.Rock and roll (suicide)!
Together, these three elements are the foundation of this piece of writing, thatestablish the story of success, love and the final commitment to a much higher faith.
Any collation to real life is a figment of your imagination. If this was true, then,life really sucks!
James Haggerty
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CONTENTS
Part I - Rock And Roll
Between The Lines (Introduction)
Between The LinesBetween The Lines (Epilogue)Rock And Roll GypsyRock And Roll (Suicide)
Part II - The Love Affair
Ballad Of Romeo And JulietFate Of Romeo And Juliet (Loves Final Hour)
Lost In The Words Of LoveThe Morning After Another Lover Forever
Part III - Suicide
The Last SongShe's GoneIs It Enough? (Prelude To The Final Act)The Final Act (Rock And Roll Suicide)The Epitaph
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Part I - Rock And Roll
You give a mortal man
A guitar Watch him become a God
Watch people's heads start to roll, start to roll…
"We're more popular than Jesus now; Idon't know which will go first, rock and
roll or Christianity."
John Lennon
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BETWEEN THE LINES (INTRODUCTION)
I feel the warmthOf her breastAs I lay by her side
I lie here thinking howI tried to find loveBut I can't seemTo get it rightSo I end up spendingOne more nightWith one more girlCaught up in theRock and roll way of lifeWilling to do anythingTo be the lucky oneTo spend the night
And I sing my songAlmost every nightNo one can read betweenThe lines I write
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BETWEEN THE LINES
Silent promisesSpoken on the bed of love
Gentle caressesTaking all that they want
And I sing my songAlmost every nightNo one can read betweenThe lines I write
I'm just a stranger Though it looks like I've been here beforeI can't remember places, faces of long agoIf I cried or laughedThe answer lies betweenThe lines I write
Frantic whispersFollowing close behind
Faded memoriesReplacing all that I was
And I sing my songAlmost every nightNo one can read betweenThe lines I write
I'm just a stranger Though it looks like I've been here beforeI can't remember places, faces of long agoIf I cried or laughedThe answer lies betweenThe lines I write
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BETWEEN THE LINES (EPILOGUE)
She comes and goesLike a song on the radioEveryday something new felt
Something new saidStill the song remains the sameOnly words have two meaningsAnd only the writer feels the pain
Hidden between the linesDisguisedIs the truth deep down insideIntentionallyLeft up to you to decideTo cry or to laughWhether good or bad
Take the writers message as isHe can't influence or do damageOnly stand the test of timeKnowing somedayThe true meaning will die
And I sing my songAlmost every night
No one can read betweenThe lines I write
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ROCK AND ROLL G YPSY
One more dayOn the roadAnother city
Another show
Girl, you gotta knowI won't changeThe road has my number The girls my nameAnd I don't complain
I'm a rock star, a rock star Hitting the stage a rock star
Tickets sellTime will tellWill I be gone tomorrow, ohOr will I survive?
One more day, my wayOn the roadAnother cityAnother show
I'm just a rock and roll gypsy
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ROCK AND ROLL (SUICIDE)
Sitting on the hotel room floor reading the local ragThe article they wrote about me and my bandLaugh at the headlines, sip at the drink in my hand
Take another drag on my cigaretteDon't know where they get this bullshit news fromBut it sure the hell wasn't from the interview we had
I remember what my first fan said to me
It's only rock and rollSuicideIt's all we are living for Rock and rollTonight
I remember when we were just a local bar band
I saw this pretty little angelSitting in the corner all aloneWatching us practice for our next showI dedicated a song to her I watched her smile as I said her nameI heard her clap when the song was over
She walked right up to meSaid that was the sweetest thing that anyone's ever done for her Said, baby I can do more than sing you knowShe laughed, maybe I'll see you tomorrowAs she walked out the door, I called after her Hey baby, here's a backstage passI'll see you after the show
It's only rock and rollSuicideIt's all we are living for
Rock and rollTonight
Ba - by, it's only rock and roll suicide
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Part II - The Love Affair
"Love, Love me doSay you will always be true
Please, Please, PleaseLove me do"
Paul McCartney
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BALLAD OF ROMEO AND JULIET
Loved you once, RomeoLove you always, Juliet
Loved you once, RomeoUntil your last dying dayLove you always
Loved you once, JulietBut we didn't know the playLove you always
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FATE OF ROMEO AND JULIET (LOVE’S FINAL HOUR)
I've been the lover I've been the man in love
You know the clown I playIs really crying inside?A smile for you whileTears roll down my painted face
You know I'm a joker But I don't laugh all the timeI'm a singer But life doesn't always rhyme
I've seen the hand of deathWriting Romeo and Juliet
I've seen love’s final hour
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LOST IN THE WORDS OF LOVE
I thought I knew the endingThough I guess weMade a start of it
I went through life pretendingThe dreams I stoleWouldn't cost a cent
Now it's all coming down on me
I took a risk on a fairy taleMusta been the child in me believingCause I know I'm a hard case to sell
Lost in the words of love, yeahNever enough is said, noLost in the words of love
When I sleep tomorrowWill you be by my sideI don't knowBut I don't ask questions why, I
I don't want to love you too much, babyWhen I turn my back on you
It's cause I don't knowHow to make you understandHow you will feel walking hand in handOn a road to nowhere with me
Can I show youHow much I love youWithout letting you down?
You were my first fantasyNow that I have you
It's no dream how much I love you
When I wake today will I sleep aloneTomorrow, like yesterday?
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THE MORNING AFTER ANOTHER LOVER
I've been thinking of you, darlingI've been drinking and in the morningThe pain... the pain
Your nameStill remainsOn my tongue, in my eyes, on my lips, in my arms
I lay here in my own sweatThinking about the love we just metIf it was a stranger I would want to be it's friendIf it was a lover Lets do it again, again, again
Baby, I'm still loving youEven thoughYou areNo longer Here anymoreFor me
No longer Here anymoreFor me
No longer Here anymoreFor me
No longer Here anymoreFor me
No longer Here anymore
For me
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FOREVER
From your eyesA tear does cryWith the final words
The final good-byes
This is the last timeWe will say each other’s nameNo matter how hard we tryTo break the chainsOr the promises we sign
But friends are friends forever No matter the roadThat lies ahead of You and me in time
I will remember you
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THE LAST SONG
His hair was extensive, black and longSweeping down in shining ripplesWearing only black jeans and a sleeveless embroided vest
Flopping open to the girls cries with his every stepWith his guitar carefully placed across his chestA 6 string, expensive, loved, used and tended like a baby
When the silence had become profoundWith no announcement or introduction, he began to play
He swept his fingers across all six stringsIn a crashing dissonant chordBreaking into a vicious satire of the rock and roll way of lifeThe cruelty of the satire made him winceSharing the opinion of the particular victimBut he didn't miss the next lineHe didn't give it time to dieGoing straight into the next number
A quiet song, articulated with meticulous precisionA song about love, peace and innocenceWords selected with such skill and experienceThat they struck right home into the heart of passionate hopeWhile letting the beauty to survive and triumph
The performance was over as soon as it had begunHe simply stopped playing, walking over to the audienceLike we were all his best friends
He wrote the song on the back of the bus and he told all of usHe'll never play it again, never, never play it again
He wrote the last song for a girl he sawSwaying to his beat one night under the starsLike she had found a sense of tranquility
Lost in the words as if they were written just for her
He never saw her again and he was never the sameHe'll never play it again, never, never play it again
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SHE'S GONE
Sitting here... alone and afraidLeaning back on the memoriesFor the strength I so much need
Though it's only been a short, short timeSince we came to beThinking that it would last forever Doesn't make it any easier To make it through the nights alone
Oh baby, why did you have to leave me?Wasn't I the man you thought I was?Didn't I return all of your love?
Sitting here... alone and afraidLeaning back on the memoriesFor the strength I so much need
Though it's only been a short, short timeSince we came to beThinking that it would last forever Doesn't make it any easier To make it through this night aloneWithout you
TwistedLike knifes into my sideThe love I long for can't be mine tonight
Now it's not only rock and rollIt's suicide
There will be no more rock and rollTo - night
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IS IT ENOUGH (PRELUDE TO THE FINAL ACT)
Is it enough?That in my lifetime I was onced loved by youIs it enough?
To dream that I am in your arms every nightIs it enough?To close my eyes and feel your hand in mineIs it enough?To keep my vows and never love again
Is it enough?That you are all I'm thinking of Is it enough?To keep your memory alive in my heartIs it enough?That I cry, I cry for your love
Is it enough?
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THE FINAL ACT (ROCK AND ROLL SUICIDE)
Only questionsOf feelingsNo one listens
A silence I'll never forget
When you are youngIt always seems like the endIt's best pretendingSomething you just gotta doI'll see you in heaven
ConfusionThe war within does all the winningAnd before I speak I'm already losingAll I feel
Dying is the living’s sacrifice
When you are youngIt always seems like the endIt's best pretendingSomething you just gotta doI'll see you in heaven
ElusionReality of dreams is to never believeAnd before I wake I know it's too lateTo be real
Living is the dying’s compromise
It's only rock and rollSuicideI'm dying for Rock and roll
Rock and rollSuicide
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THE EPITAPH
And they still sing my songAlmost every nightNo one can read between
The lines I write
I lived for Rock and rollSuicide