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The Big Picture (MP3 Album)

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All songs written by Bap Kennedy except No. 6 which was written by Bap Kennedy & Van Morrison

  1. Rock And Roll Heaven
  2. The Truth Is Painful 
  3. Moriarty's Blues 
  4. Streetwise 
  5. Too Old For Fairytales 
  6. Milky Way 
  7. Loverman 
  8. Fireworks 
  9. On The Mighty Ocean Alcohol 
  10. The Sweet Smell Of Success 
  11. The Beautiful Country

Lyrics reproduced with the kind permission of Lonely Street Discs
Hank and Jim were on the same line
Who wants to go to heaven
Nobody gets out alive
Who wants to go to heaven

That Tupelo boy could sing
Who wants to go to heaven
Frankie said ring a-ding-ding
Who wants to go to heaven

Oh now John you know
You couldn’t fix that hole
God bless your rock'n'roll soul
Who wants to go to heaven

Sid was lookin’ for true love
Who wants to go to heaven
Kurt joined that stupid club
Who wants to go to heaven

Yeah that’s what I read
That’s what his mama said
Oh well whatever.. dead is dead
Who wants to go to heaven

Give my best to Mr. John Lee
Who wants to go to heaven
Say hello to Jack and Neal
Who wants to go to heaven

George went with the flow
There’s somethin’ you should know
I hear God on the radio
Who wants to go to heaven

CHORUS repeat 4 x
Who wants to go 
Who wants to go 
Who wants to go to heaven
Down in the valley, somebody’s getting ready for a kill
And on the street the marching feet send echoes through the chill
And I’m tryin’ my best to get drunk, because I am unable
To entertain the thought of being sober, and the truth is painful

The light was gone
I heard a song
Come drifting from the park
And round a fire, a drunken choir
Sang softly in the dark

And for a while I felt secure
Like Jesus in the cradle
But I know and I’ve always known
The truth is painful

The word came round you been found, face-down on a street
And so I went to pay respect, and watch your mother weep
She cried so hard she almost died, I turned away and I was grateful
I was glad it wasn’t me, and the truth is painful

I was glad it wasn’t me, an’ the truth is painful
But the truth will set you free
The truth is painful
The truth is painful
The truth is painful
The truth is painful
The truth is painful.
I’ve given in my notice
Goin' downtown to get loaded
Gonna spend this money
You know the way it goes
Sometimes you’re on a rock, sometimes you’re on a roll.

Well I know the price of love
And I feel like givin’ up
Somethin’ always comes along
Ah, baby doll you know
Sometimes you’re on a rock, sometimes you’re on a roll.

I can’t sleep tonight
And the traffic sounds just like
Sounds just like the ocean 
Telling me to go 
Sometimes you’re on a rock, sometimes you’re on a roll.
Blessed are the poor
Well that’s alright, then
Baby you and me 
Are goin' straight to heaven

I know I give it all away
No argument
I know I give it all away
Well I had no sense
When I was streetwise, streetwise
Nothin’ you don’t know
When you’re streetwise.

Down on the lane
Expecting a fight
Getting high on the hill
Every single night

When we were streetwise, streetwise.
Nothin’ you don’t know
When you’re streetwise, streetwise
Nothin’ you don’t know
When you’re streetwise, streetwise

Well it don’t mean a thing
Out here in the world, in the real world
'Cos things don’t work
The way they used to work
When we were streetwise, streetwise.
Nothin’ you don’t know when you’re streetwise
Streetwise, streetwise
When you’re streetwise, streetwise
Nothin’ you don’t know when you’re streetwise
...[Oh yeah! Yeah...alright!]
One American morning
When I was young
I knew the way
It was there clear as day
And the road I was on

And you were my baby
And we were so close
Now I wander around
Lost in this town
Just like a ghost

I can remember
Falling under a spell
It was so long ago
Now I’m too old for fairytales

Now everything is different
And so much the same
And everyone wants
Just one more chance
And someone to blame

I should know better
But I’m beyond the pale
And I should let go 
Because I’m too old for fairytales.

I’m so tired of chasin'
Fortune and fame
I’m tired of this life
I’m tired of the fight
I’m bored with the game

And once in a blue moon
I go off the rails
And I can’t be told
That I’m too old
For fairytales.

I can’t be told 
That I’m too old
For fairytales.

My reality cheque has bounced
Can’t take much more than an ounce
You need a heart of stone
Not to laugh when I’m down for the count
I’m gonna fight my way out.

You think I should behave
You think I’m digging my own grave
It’s gonna take a lot to get me outta this spot
I’m nobody’s slave

Baby I’m this way 24 hours a day
Trying to make a living 
While everybody’s making hay
And I can’t go out tonight 
'Cos I don’t have a light
Somebody stole my Milky Way
And I can’t come out to play

You just roll in with the tide
Like you’re just along for the ride
Are you with me or not
‘Cos I’m givin’ it my best shot
You better start taking sides

Baby I’m this way 24 hours a day
Tryin to make a livin’
While everybody’s making hay
And I can’t go out tonight
'Cos I don’t have a light
Somebody stole my Milky Way 
And I can’t come out to play

And I can’t go out tonight 
'Cos I don’t have a light
Somebody stole my Milky Way 
And I can’t come out to play.
Love is blind
Luck is dumb
Me and money just can’t get along

Someone up there 
Don’t like me
I don’t care,
As long as I can be
Your Loverman
Your Loverman

All my trouble, all my sins
I don’t know when to stop, or where to begin
But I’m gonna change
Drop this disguise 
Baby, baby, don’t you recognize

Your Loverman
Your Loverman 
I’m your Loverman
Your Loverman.
Luck is dumb
Love is blind
Look over here baby
And you’re gonna find
Your Loverman

Your Loverman
I’m your Loverman
Your Loverman
Chill out baby
Drop that frown
Don’t look back 
Don’t look down
I’m a bad boy
I’m no good
Without your love
You know it’s true

'Cos when she loves me
I’m lost for words
When she loves me
It’s fireworks

She’s my jewel
She’s my pearl
She’s my heartbeat
She’s my little girl

Where’s my baby
I’m pacin’ the room
Calling out her name 
And howlin' at the moon

When she loves me
I’m lost for words
And when she loves me
It’s fireworks

When she loves me
I'm lost for words
And when she loves me
It’s fireworks

Chill out baby
Drop that frown 
Don’t look back
Don’t look down

I’m a bad boy
and I’m no good
Without her love
I know it’s true.
Leave behind your worries
They're really very small
Come with me, set sail with me
On the Mighty Ocean Alcohol

I've sailed around insanity
I've heard those demons call
And once or twice, I have been capsized
On the mighty ocean Alcohol.

I lost my darling brother
I watched him slowly fall
As he hit the spray 
He was swept away 
On the Mighty Ocean Alcohol.

Leave behind your worries
They're really very small
Come with me, set sail with me
On the Mighty Ocean Alcohol
On the Mighty Ocean Alcohol
Don’t crack up now
Don’t go weird on me babe
Don’t burst my bubble
Don’t rain on my parade

I got evicted … from my castle in the sky
If money could talk … it would say ‘goodbye’
And just when it feels .. like none of it's real
Suddenly, the sweet smell of success

I must be stupid, I don’t get it at all
I’m in a barrel, headin’ for a waterfall
Don’t kid yourself, you’re in one, as well
That’s why I’m laughin,’ that’s why I’m happy as hell.

And just when it feels
Like none of it’s real
Suddenly, the sweet smell of success
Suddenly, the sweet smell of success.

It won’t change me I’m goin' out with a bang
Whatever happens remember, karma is a boomerang
Suddenly … the sweet smell of success
Suddenly … the sweet smell of success
I’m on the road, boys
Travelin’ all the time
But I’ve never seen a country
As beautiful as mine.

She was such a pretty girl
The one I left behind
She was such a pretty girl
She must have been blind.

I had to leave her
And step out in the world
On a road paved with heartache
My fortune somewhere

I’m on the road boys
Travelin' all the time
And I’ve never seen a country
As beautiful as mine.

Now I’m so far away
And I’m full of wine
I tell them there’s no country
As beautiful as mine.