Deserts Of Blood (What's Done Is Done) (rap song)

Deserts Of Blood (What's Done Is Done) By Jesse Scobie

Chords: Eb DM7 F Dm7 Ab
Sometimes people say that when mistakes are made
There's still second chances to change your ways
But what if that mistake was forced on you day to day
Year to year for so long, no remorse or tears could bring back the memories of
yesterday...

Chords: Am Dm Ab F Ab
I was shipped off in '04, taken from America to the Kuwait shores
Went through three months of combat training, think they should of gave me more but I'm not complaining. At least I've got a purpose, I'm not washing floors at McDonald's like before so let me work it. But this war is already turning into a dead horse dropped on your bed at quarter to 4. I've never held a gun before so for so long I was never quite sure how I would get through to to the end of this shit, I could be doing this all for nothing if I got hit. I see children with torn limbs begging at my feet, you live in a house in the wrong area you're dead meat. Spread democracy everywhere in the middle east? Fuck no it's a hypocrisy with dead bodies filling the streets. I don't understand I guess I never felt what it was like to be human till I pointed a gun at a pregnant wife and daughter in the face of all this ruin. It takes someone with a sick mind and sick plan to manipulate us into staying here and in Afghanistan, so many times I should of just got up and ran far away from this sand. But I didn't I stayed loyal to my brothers, some of them grew up in poverty with single mothers. Never had a choice to go to college, so they had to join the army to get more knowledge. I saw one brother get shot in the head by a sniper in a tree now this father to be is dead and the cycle continues with the same old news, nothing new to be read.

Chorus: Cm Bb Eb Fm

When will we stand up and stop this endless hate
Power cannot still corrupt, this is not the world's fate
If it were your child you lost, would it change what you say
How many more lives will it cost till we all just fade away

Yeah fade away that's what happens to some of these families everyday
In this holy land set ablaze in a decaying courtyard maze. this is the cradle of life mesopotamia but now it's so fucking messed up, who's to blame but ya, those in Washington and the media who sucked up your lies like vampires in Transylvania. Yeah you know I'm talking to you little military officials hidden behind closed rooms trying desperately to secure the poor's doom wipe out those with oil like a monsoon. Yeah it doesn't take a fucking genius to figure that one out, without a doubt this shit was personal for our President from the south, hot shot rich hick with the big mouth. Texas oil spoiled son who claims he dad would of been done if Saddam had his way and that's reason we're here fighting today, well right now it doesn't matter anyway I'm sitting in Baghdad about to leave back home finally. It's been almost three years and I've witnessed way too many tragedies and seen way too many tears. Now at last I'm back at home with my daughter on my lap talking to my parents on the phone, my wife is worried about my health and safety though I tell it's ok, I know deep down no one can save me. If there's one thing I learned from my experiences over there, it's that we can never allow ourselves ever again to just sit and stare and watch our beautiful country just blow this earth into the air and if you truly cared about peace you know love will get you there.

When will we stand up and stop this endless hate
Power cannot still corrupt, this is not the world's fate
If it were your child you lost, would it change what you say
How many more lives will it cost till we all just fade away


This song is in dedication and memory to all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice
in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, God knows what you've done and though the purpose
of these conflicts may be in vain your courage and bravery was not.

© 2010 JOS Songs, All Rights Reserved.

Sisters of Good Fortune (song)

Sisters of Good Fortune By Jesse Scobie

Chords: Ab Eb Bb F
You were born in summertime, in an European city so divine
From far away we traveled to find our destinies unraveled
Discovering your young soul

In the breadbasket country we were, to find a long lost sister in winter
Deep snow fell as we rode on the train, yet we still didn't know your name
But not much further was our goal

We walked into an orphanage that had so many forgotten kids
And in a small room we found, a girl who turned our eyes around
Bumped our heads and fell into our lives

The three of us said "She's the one" and right then came out the sun
To shine on our family all these years, the joyful music to our ears
A sister, daughter finally arrived

But even though we were so proud and happy, a voiced echoed loud
That there was still one more long lost sister for us in store
Though it would still take time to see

Mom helped find more families for the lost children living overseas
So many sad faces turned into smiles but still we looked for another child
And then one summer she came to be

She felt right at home with sister, mother, father and brother who showed
We had the love to share with a funny girl who only wanted to be cared
For and soon our family would be complete

So only one more thing remained, was to get another sister from Ukraine
This time the city was by the sea where one more sister longed to be
In the arms of a family so sweet
It was meant to be, as anyone could see..

© 2010 JOS Songs, All Rights Reserved.

The Last Day (poem)

The Last Day By Jesse Scobie

Forgotten gulf twas' so crimson clear
I feel the oil drench the water tides
The bombs explode so insincere
Turn into ashes drifting through my eyes

Children pull me back in time
With race car feelings; shattered laughter
The girl kisses the boy so kind
As Hitler bathes for ever after

Sex and berries drip past dawn
To frighten your face and mind
Jesus knew we were just pawns
Our bodies; nothing divine

Coolness is what kills beauty
Lift a finger burning high
Whispers breathing so truly
What is past is in the sky

To wash away tears
To flash away hatred
To sleep away death
To love away life and loneliness with no regret
To sing one's song in the heat of night when all is dead
and to kiss the stars till sunrise fills thy head.

© 2010 JOS Songs, All Rights Reserved.

Ain't It A Bitch (song)

Ain't It A Bitch By Jesse Scobie

Driving home on a late Saturday night
Got into another huge fight
I guess sometimes you just don't learn till it all burns down
Rain keeps coming, storms keep passing
God only knows how long this will keep lasting
It feels like a joke each time we spoke in this old town

Freedom's cheap to speak your mind
People give you two cents but never a dime
Had an old friend choose he'd rather lose than try to win
Well priest's got preaching and lawyers got cases
Police got protecting but not of that I'm facing
I'm in a battle of love with doubts to far above to begin
Still stuck in this never ending itch

Ain't it a bitch
Ain't it a shame
That we keep on playing this game
I'd be an 85 year old man and still feel the same

Ain't it a bitch
We're living in vain
We've only got ourselves to blame
Just keep riding on that broken train
Driving us insane
Ain't it a bitch


Life is short but impressions seem to last
Tenderness takes time as sex is always fast
Some days I'd rather be a monk than lather in flesh
You're Aphrodite in the morning with me
By supper time you're Hades to sin me
If I had 9 lives you would try to play them like a game of chess

Dressing nice for the show, hoping I'll go
You think I'm some puppet with strings to hold
I'll tell you now I'll never allow myself to trust you again
Well horses got riding and soldiers got fighting
President's have learning and thunder's got lightning
Perhaps we'll meet down some street as long lost friends
Cause now our shoes need a new fit

Ain't it a bitch
Ain't it a scam
How did we get into this jam
So many times we could of just got up and ran

Ain't it a bitch
Ain't it unfair
That we try so hard to care
We should just close our eyes and think instead of just stare
Like we're not there
Ain't it a bitch

© 2010 JOS Songs, All Rights Reserved.

Beautiful World, Beautiful Life (song)

Beautiful World, Beautiful Life By Jesse Scobie

Chords: G DM C
Beautiful world, beautiful life
Don't give up on me
Cause I finally see the light tonight
I see a long road to be free

Beautiful world, beautiful life
I will not give up on you anymore
I know it's been a very long fight
But I'm not the man that I was before

Ohh no no..

(bridge)
Chords: F Bb Eb
I have been down broken roads and paths
That never went anywhere
Hid my pain in the backseat and just laughed
Stored my feelings to care
But now I know where I must go
My life is still ahead, somewhere out there..

G D C
In this beautiful world, beautiful life
Don't give up on me tonight
I haven't always done what is right
But now I know I'll never let you out of sight

Beautiful girl, beautiful wife
Help guide me with your care
You've joined my journey to fight
For what we both want to share

Ohhh..

I have been on ships that never sailed
I had inspiration but fears kept me back
Many times in life it seemed I always failed
But my music always kept me back on track
To where I must go
In this life that's not finished yet..
And thank you mom and dad...

Beautiful world, beautiful life
As I lay sleeping in my bed
I dreamed of your beauty tonight
And from now till long after I'm dead
I will always cherish this life

© 2010 JOS Songs, All Rights Reserved.

It's Ok (song)

It's Ok By Jesse Scobie


In life there is winning and losing
It's a card game till the end
In life you learn sometimes in choosing
Peace you can make amends

The mind will not let go
It will not wait for you answer
She's holding one last rose
She's waiting for a dancer

To lead her the way
To the place you'll never stay
Where your ego will just say
It's ok

In life there is endings and beginnings
It's a race till the end
In life you're either praising or sinning
But nothing serious is ever meant

A ribbon and a bow
To wrap the sadness away
A pearl necklace always shows
A woman of madness in the play

Lead her far far away
To the place you'll never stay
Where your ego you know will say
It's ok

In life there is little forgiveness
It's a drama till the end
In life there is not a witness
To prove your innocence

A cross and a shield
To defend your emotions
She'll say anything she feels
From the stars to the deepest oceans

Accept your lead in her play
To the place you'll never stay
Where you pray your ego will not still say
It's ok

© 2010 JOS Songs, All Rights Reserved.

Light of a Dark Moon (poem)

Light of a Dark Moon By Jesse Scobie


I saw the fire in my room slowly die
I did not know why the fire already died
I did not know why the sky soon cried
In the light of a dark moon on a midsummer's night.

Your body was soft, your earrings glowed
Asleep by the window sill where the river flowed
Your eyes were still but your hands would show
The light of a dark moon in a forgotten show

The pain secedes over time and dust
Pleasure knows no ending nor does lust
How can you look at me with such disgust
I was just a light of a dark moon of trust

As we sit here silent on a Venetian cruise
You pick rose pedals as your hear the news
And realize in broken dreams you still choose
To be the light of a dark moon in a sea of blues

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