A Kingdom Ablaze  Written by  Dennis DeYoung Lead Vocals by Dennis DeYoung With the kingdom ablaze We averted our gaze By hiding our eyes When the pillars came down We heard not a sound From the city of lies Nero's sang the same song they'd been singing While hero's shot in vain their arrows slinging Then the king and his knaves The fools and the slaves Kept pouring our wine And we knew we should stop But we drank every drop Every grape from the vine Barren grew the land between the oceans And sorcerers could not conjure magic potions House of cards, cried the child We are tribes, running wild It was you, it was me It was us, can't you see? When our greed becomes our need All will bleed So we musn't blame fate When fools legislate Without any plan And we dare not ignore The devil in store From the nature of man The future lies in state with tragic endings While we still contemplate our happy endings House of cards, cried the child We are tribes, running wild Was it ...

Eligible Bastard Written by Allen Keller and Scott Bennett Lead Vocals by  Scott Bennett There's an understanding between me and you I’ll do what I want you'll do what I want too You can heat the oils insert the pearls Put up with the taste of other girls The eligible bastard I ransacked your house hocked your jewelry Deposited your money at OTB Screwed your best friend got sick on Johnny Red Woke up the next day all tucked in your bed The eligible bastard You always tell me I’m the only one Where's your self respect Where's your self preservation I guess that there's no hope For a misanthrope Until he finds someone to hate him I tied you up took liberties Poured myself down your throat You swallowed my disease And you wear this love Like some phantom limb Do I blame myself No I blame the victim The eligible bastard