LYRICS - Out of Many, One
The Master of Low Expectations
© G. Dantone 2004

(Intro)
When I'm talking about...
When I'm talking about myself
When he's talking about myself
|All of us are talking about me 

(Verse)
I think we all agree
The past is over
Rarely is the question asked
Is our children learning? 

(Chorus)
I’m the master of low expectations
And stand by the misstatements I’ve made
Knock down the tollbooth

Make the pie higher
I believe what I believe is right
I think war is a dangerous place
Hold our allies hostile
Make the pie higher

(Intro)
It was us versus them
It was clear who them was
Now we’re not so sure who they are
But we know that they’re there

(Verse)
I know it’s very hard
To put food on your family
The future will be better tomorrow
Vulcanize society

(Chorus)
I’m the master of low expectations
And stand by the misstatements I’ve made
Knock down the tollbooth
Make the pie higher
I believe what I believe is right
I think war is a dangerous place
Hold our allies hostile
Make the pie higher

 (Outro)
When we’re talking about war we’re talking about peace; It’ll take time to restore chaos and order; Remember it’s the birds that’s supposed to suffer, not the hunter; Human beings and the fish can co-exist peacefully.

To The Fundamentalists © G. Dantone 2004
If you blow out the candles in my eyes
If you freeze all the liquid in my tears
If you fill the air I breathe with your pious curses
You will not begin to wipe away your fears 

If you silence all my anguish and my pain
Steal my land and take everything that is dear
Beat the smile from my face with your dying empty code
You will not begin to wipe away your fear 

(Bridge)
Raise a thousand walls, a thousand measures high
You’ll be on the side that never can get out
Take a thousand lives, take a thousand lives more
We won’t believe what you never doubt 

Enemies of woman, man and child
I will not run, I will not compromise
And to the end of my life, until my own last breath
I will not stop, I always shall defy

(Repeat Bridge) 

If you blow out the candles in my eyes
If you freeze all the liquid in my tears
If you fill the air I breathe with your pious curses
You will not begin to wipe away your fears

God Wants Me to Hate You Gerry Dantone © 2004
When I see you walk down the street
Holding hands, it nauseates me
Someday soon you’ll get what you deserve
You don’t belong here, you better run
I won’t shed a tear for you when you’re gone
‘Cause the Good Book says that surely your blood will flow

 (Chorus)
God wants me to hate you, God wants me to hate you
God wants me to hate you, God wants me to hate you
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

You don’t believe in the things that we do
We don’t need no fools here like you
Someday soon you’ll get what you deserve
You’re the cause of evil no doubt
So you better shut up and get the hell out
‘Cause the Good Book says that surely your blood will flow 

(Chorus)
God wants me to hate you, God wants me to hate you
God wants me to hate you, God wants me to hate you
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah 

(Bridge)
Your knee will bend in fear
You will confess to Him
‘Cause this country belongs to me

(Repeat chorus)

(Alternate verse: You don’t look like the rest of us do
You can’t trust the kind of people like you
Someday soon you’ll get what you deserve
Go back home from where you came
If something happens it’s yourself to blame
‘Cause the Good Book says surely your blood will flow)

 

FGM (Take the Knife Away) © Gerald Dantone 2000
She was a single woman
She was a piece of property
They had to change this woman
They had to save her purity
She had to bleed
No one would hear her young voice
She had no right to her choice
There was just one way it could be

Chorus:
Take the knife away, take the knife away
Take the knife away, take the knife away

Now she's a married woman
She's still a piece of property
They took away her passion
A part of her humanity
She had to bleed
No one can hear her weak voice
She has no right to her choice
There's just one way that it can be 

Chorus:
Take the knife away, take the knife away
Take the knife away, take the knife away 

Bridge:
Every day would go by
Cursing the veil in her heart
All of her life would be lived
A servant of men and their god
Now she's a frightened mother
She's just a piece of property
Now they will take her daughter
And now the circle is complete
She has to bleed
No one would hear her sad voice
She had no right to her choice
There's just one way that it could be

Chorus:
Take the knife away, take the knife away
Take the knife away, take the knife away

One Good Thing copyright 2003 Gerald Dantone
I would be everything that they’d ask for
Everything an altar boy could be
Father would say that I had a future
Father would say he’d be very pleased
Then came the visits and attention
Then came the trust in a man of Go
Then came the secret I could not speak of
Then came the childhood that was robbed

 (Chorus)

One Good Thing from all the darkness
One Good Thing that’s for sure
One Good Thing from all the heartache
One Good Thing

I’d worry ‘bout my next confession
I would pray to save my wicked soul
And He never really sent an answer
Until I knew I was alone
I was dreaming when he’d come calling
It was my body, it wasn’t me
And he promised no one’d believe it
It was the promise he would keep

(Chorus)
One Good Thing from all the darkness
One Good Thing that’s for sure
One Good Thing from all the heartache
One Good Thing, I don’t believe anymore

(Bridge)
I don’t believe in your heaven
I don’t believe in your grace
I believe in your money
I believe that you lie
I believe in the cowards you are inside

It’s like I never quite existed
It’s like I never was a boy
And the thing they say that never happened
Was put away like a worthless broken toy
And they never said that they were sorry
And they never try to tell you why
And they never think of what they’re doing
And they won’t until the day they die

(Chorus)
One Good Thing from all the darkness
One Good Thing that’s for sure
One Good Thing from all the heartache
One Good Thing, I don’t believe anymore

I Am the Woman Who Has Awoken © G. Dantone 2002
I am the women who has awoken
I am the women who has awoken
I have grown into a tempest
From the ash of my burned village
For the lives of my own children
I will resist my enemy
I am the women who has awoken
I am the women who has awoken

Oh my friend, oh my brother
I am not weak, I will not falter
With all I have, I will be with you
On the path to liberty

(Bridge)
My voice has mingled with thousands
My hands are joined with their hands
My veins are flowing with their blood
My heart is filling with their love
I’ve found my life and will not look back
This is my destiny
I am the women who has awoken (2)

 

WELCOME TO 1984   copyright 1979-93 Gerald Dantone
I closed a door and I
Went to sleep, it was
Not so bad anymore
And in a blink I had
Let the years roll forward
Roll forward
I watched my step and I
Played the game and I
Didn't fight anymore
I feel so weak that I
Can't get off the floor
The floor 

Chorus:
Welcome to 1984, welcome to 1984!
Welcome to 1984, welcome to 1984!

They have security
And moral purity
And most of everything at all
And in time they'll have
All they want for sure
For sure

(repeat chorus)
I left my family
I left my rosary
I just can't pray anymore
It's been a long time
Since I knew what it's for
What it's for
It's all a mystery
It's all hypocrisy
That's all
I know for sure
And some day you'll be
Up against the wall
The wall

 

Out of Many, One © Gerald Dantone 2004
If you feel the pain that hope is gone
And to make it right will take too long
Don’t be afraid to spend the time
‘Cause I got your back if you got mine

(Chorus)
Out of many, one
Out of many, one
No matter where you come from
Out of many, one 

Yeah this world can be a lonely place
You might never find a familiar face
When you wonder far away from home
But if you need a hand, you’re not alone

(Chorus)
Out of many, one
Out of many, one
No matter where you come from
Out of many, one 

The truth, they say, will set you free
But the truth is the first casualty
In war and peace and history
But the truth is this from you to me 

(Chorus)
Out of many, one
Out of many, one
No matter where you come from
Out of many, one

 

Letter to the Wall copyright 1995 Gerald Dantone
I won't forget you
We met the summer of '65
Our time was short but our time was right
I won't forget you
I won't forget you
They say that war is a fact of life
That may be so but it don't make it right
I won't forget you 

 Bridge:
  Remember how we danced (to Smokey's hits)
  Remember how you taught (me to kiss)
  I always knew as long (as I was alive)
  My love for you (would always survive)

I'll always miss you
I'll always miss the funny look on your face
Is the world a really better place?
I'll always miss you
Uh-uh oh-oh

  (repeat Bridge)

I won't forget you
Though this wall is all I have of you
Is there something you'd want me to do?
I won't forget you

 

Still Alive in the USA © G. Dantone 1985, 2001
Well you want my love and you think you’re right
If it’s all that good why do we always fight
And I just don’t know
Should I hide my face when I ask you why?
It’s a big disgrace, I should do and die
And I just don’t know
I feel it almost everyday, no matter where I go
I feel it when I lie awake, from my head down to my toes

Well I closed my ears, and I closed my eyes
And I closed my mouth, and I closed our mind
And I just don’t know
Is it us or them, is it black and white
Is it life and death, is it wrong or right
And I just don’t know
I see it in the papers, I see it in the street
I see it on the faces of everyone I meet 

Still Alive in the USA
Still Alive in the USA

Now the world’s gone mad and it’s full of hate
And all hope seems lost, and it’s getting late
And I just don’t know
Though I’m filled with doubt and I’m filled with fear
I’m still reaching out, does everybody hear
And I just don’t know
Now do we come together, and do we draw the line
We’re running out of questions, and we’re running out of time

Still Alive in the USA
Still Alive in the USA…

 

Peace, Love copyright 2003 Gerald Dantone
Peace, love
Is all that I’m saying
Peace, love
Is that all there is?
Peace, love
The world is slowly turning
Peace, love
It comes down to this

There is no one who’ll change your heart
It’s all of your own choosing
There is no word, no perfect truth
There’s just the souls you’re touching
Everyday
The time to live is now
The place to live is here

Freedom
Do words have a meaning?
Freedom
Is this all there is?
Freedom
The world is surely hurting
Freedom
It comes down to this

There is no prayer to save our lives
There’s only understanding
There is no fate to guide our way
There’s just the world we’re making
Everyday
The time to live is now
The place to live is here

(Bridge)
The leaves of life keep falling, falling one by one
Take the hopes that we set our hearts upon
Make the most of what time we have to spend
For dust into the dust we shall descend

 (instrumental) 

Peace, love
Is all that I’m saying
Peace, love
Is that all there is?

 

Just Begun to Fight copyright 1995 Gerald Dantone
Everyone has a dream they're keeping
Everyone has a special feeling
Even when you come to question
Everything you believe in
You gotta get up off the floor
You gotta show 'em you got more

If they say that you just can't do it
If they think you're less than zero
As long as you want to prove it
Someday you can be a hero
And when hear the opening bell
You know it's time to give them hell

(Chorus)

I've just begun to fight, whoa, I've just begun to fight (4 times)

Though they knock you to the ground
They'll never keep a good man down

Think about all the times you've dreamed it
Think about all the time you've waited
And you swear you that you almost see it
Don't you swear you almost taste it
You're gonna go and never stop
You're gonna give it all you've got

(repeat chorus and fade)
I've just begun to fight, whoa, I've just begun to fight (4 times)

 

Innocent Girl copyright 1995 Gerald Dantone
I fell in love with an innocent girl
She took my hand and hand she took my world
She made me feel like she needed me
Or just the thing I needed to believe
We were screaming sown Cross Bay Blvd.
A hand on my leg, I was breathing hard
I was driving her, she was driving me
And nothing seemed as it seemed to be 

                Bridge:
                Took her down to Lenny's, took her out to eat
                She took me for the taking, I knew that I was beat
                She hit on a waiter, while I sat around
                She had me waiting in her lost and found

I fell in love with an innocent girl
I knew that she was in her own strange world
She never said aloud what she'd really mean
She only showed what needed to be seen
Went to a concert, standing on our chairs
She rushed the stage and disappeared
I looked around I was all alone
Felt like a zombie on the long drive home 

                Bridge:
                I knew I couldn't beat her, I knew I couldn't win
                So I swore her off like a drunk swears gin
                When she called me later, I didn't want to know
                Somehow I felt sentenced to my own death row

 (Instrumental verse) 

                Bridge:
                Days became months and months became years
                Peace became boredom and freedom was fear
                She called me up from a clear blue sky
                Where had I been she just had to know why 

She fell in love with an innocent boy
I gave her trust and I gave her joy
Things would be different from the way they'd been
Give her a chance, we can try it again
It seemed ok and it seemed alright
I held her close and held on for life
The world stood still but I still spun
Just waiting for the shoe to drop again

                Bridge:
                I didn't ever think she'd turn into a monk
                But she'd stay up late, getting really drunk
                I always got the feeling but I never really knew
                What she really thought, what would she do 

I fell in love with an innocent girl
She took my hand and she took my world

 

Invisible Man © 1995 Gerald Dantone

  Chorus:
  I don't wanna be invisible man
  The air is pretty thin in invisible land
  The time goes by, I don't understand
  I don't wanna be invisible man 

I went to work, I was feeling bad
I had the worst cold that I ever had
I found my desk in another spot
They had to let me go 'cause I got too smart

   (repeat Chorus)

 I got a strange call from a long lost friend
I had to take a ride on a DC 10
The airport guard said please step this way
He said he knew my name from the CIA

   (repeat Chorus) 

Gonna stay at home gonna stay in bed
My own pet dog bit me in the leg
I hardly ever hear from my family
My neighbors treat me like I have a disease

  (repeat Chorus)

 

Plug Me In copyright 1985 Gerald Dantone
Plug me in
Before it gets too late
I'm losing touch
With my own fate
Plug me in
So I can talk
My hands just sweat
My legs don't walk
Plug me in

Plug me in
Am I getting lost
I just don't know
How much things cost
Plug me in
To the TV screen
It's just a game
What does it mean
Plug me in

The kids don't sing no more
They don't learn to kiss
They're not afraid of war
And god's a silicon chip

Plug me in
Do I protest too much?
Am I just too old for that kind of stuff
Plug me in
Is the passion gone
They pass me by
I just go home
Plug me in

Plug me in
To another life
The one I'm on
Just isn't right
Plug me in to the younger set
I'm not quite ready
For the home just yet
Plug me in
Plug me in, plug me in, plug me in

 

Coney Island Girl copyright 1996 Gerald Dantone
Coney Island Girl
Run away with me
Though we just met
On a crazy chance
Pick up your things
Pick up your pants 

Coney Island Girl
‘Cause your eyes are gray
Though I don’t seem
What you might expect
Just let me try
I’ll be the best 

(repeat intro. theme) 

Coney Island Girl
The castles in the sand
We’ll leave them here
Where we both came from
Let’s lose the past
And steal the sun 

Coney Island Girl
Don’t you ever dream?
Just you and I
We’ll find a home
Just tell that guy
You have to go

                (bridge)
                Coney Island Girl
                I’ve made some mistakes
                I’ll change my name
                They’ll forget my face

 (instrumental)

                 (repeat bridge)
Coney Island Girl
Don’t you laugh at me
We’ll change the signs
On the road ahead
With just some time
I’ll turn you head

 

Business as Usual in the Human Race (Seven Beauties)  copyright G. Dantone 1995
The ones who say that's the way it was
And that's the way it is
And that's the way it will always be
Oh yeah 

The ones who always have their faith
The ones who believe
That things will always work out for the best
Oh yeah 

The ones who wave the flag
The ones who do their job
'Cause if they don't someone would do it anyway
Oh yeah

The ones who know the problem
The ones who know the cure
And just need a chance to prove it
Oh yeah

The ones who kill in war
The ones who die
Unless they're the ones who kill
Oh yeah

The ones who pray to God
That they will prevail
The ones who know that they're right
Oh yeah

The ones who say that's the way it was
And that's the way it still is
And that's the way it will always be
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah