I was born Jonathon A...steel. I am a Leo, born under the sign of the lion and I was raised in a ...rother Michael whom I love ...kname was Red which I ...could never understand wh...brother Little Red. I should have known from the first time when I ...al connection, that I just didn't fit in ...her's plans. And as I grew older the cons... To him, my brother could do no wrong and I became The ...l 'black sheep' and I soon figured out that ...t mix. The beatings I received became more and more ... to the point where I would ask my father "Am I the orphaned son ..."? But oddly enough I worshipped the grou...My brother and I were a strange mixt...m the same parents. I ...he same father, but I always dismissed th...o encourage me. For I was born ... often told me when I was born an angel f...one". And I had no idea what 'The one' was, but as I grew older I began to ...was over-zealous to say the least. A mind b...ty, very pretty and I would often wonder,...of this description could rationalise life. ...ny times in my life I would ...rment and the women I sought after when I was older ... control everything I did or was to become. I shall explain ...ry about them which I call my Four Doors ...one place I could go to see inside my...ess household where I could be great, where I could be anything or ...anyone I wanted to be - one hundred percent pure escapism until I ...t has a personality all its own. It is a genie that grants all ...the wishes you could ever dream, at least in my case - all except two. ... He died instantly. I ... agony was so great I ...entment for me even more. But from that ...ear after his death I roamed the streets ...anything or anyone. I discovered alcohol,...d in general a life I had never known whi... And it was then as I staggered through a...of my drunken rages I stumbled across a s...he object of my new found desire. The instrum...string. It was like I'd known ...the thing all my life. ...I soon found it was the only way I could truly express mysel...way to vent all my frustrations and all my pain - completely opened all my ...r Doors Of Doom and I found myself going to the...rite themselves and I knew ...was in my music but I was going to have to get out of this ...backwards town I was in if I was ever going to succeed. I was 16 going ...work, die. ' And if I ...g to happen to me - I was gonna ...die. So I ran away to the big...persecution I had known for so long. I hitchhiked all the way with a ...in the other and as I stood at the edge ...new home the place I would call the 'Arena Of Pleasure'. I lived and ...ord and that's when I ran across a deligh...re he discovered he could ...fuck over more people in the recording industry then he ever could in a ...Charlie was nothing more ...than a sacrificial lamb ...here everyone sells out. Where all the artists ...ie. And through him I learned everything I needed to know ...ess and even things I didn't want to know...could make me a star, one...ime was calling and I was on my way. He i...e of my first album I was sitting on the ...me if I would like my fortune read and I had never had it done so I was ...more than happy to say yes. She revealed a...f my dreams and new found happiness ...tes she stopped and I wanted to know of m...ing vision of where I was going. I told her that I wanted a ...the King of Mercy". I asked her if

I know if you could hear me ...You'd say there's always two ...Here's mine I've found out ...I can't live without ...I didn't want to face...I'd done ...I thought ...I'd be alright ...but I was wrong ...I miss you! ...I miss you ...I'm gonna need you ...More and more each day ...I miss you ...More than words ...Can say ...More than words ...Can say ...More than words ...Saying that I'm sorry isn't good ...I need to show you ...I've changed cause gi...If you could seen what I'm goin' through

I went my way, you we... my way of reaching out ‘cause I remember… ...This is what I want to say to you ...If I had one chance to s...More than you could ever know ...This is what I want to say to you ...If I had one chance to t...More than you can imagine ...If I told you would you believe, the narrow road, I did not leave ...If I told you would you understand that I've found truth ...ou hurting now? How I wish that I could tell ...n you see? Mine has found – home ...Not sure if I've, made it clear e...It's not my love I sing about ...I believe, He is ...In fact I know, He is

Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times She made me a shirt out of fives and dimes Now she's gone but when I wear it she crosses...I realized that Illinois was more than I could stand They say working?s best cause poverty is hell on a man Now I ride a lazy river t...I spent a few years on the Queen of Spain She was a leaky little boat that went up in flames When the boiler blew some people started naming names But if the best is for the best I guess the best is t...I spent a few more as the Cairo Crown A heavyweight wrestler in the Midwest towns But I was lonesome for a girl who could pin me down They say the best is for the best but that's not what I've found...Now I listen to my sweetheart and I listen to my thirst I don't spend time listening to other people?s words Sometimes they're right most times the reverse They say the best is for the...Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times She made me a shirt out of fives and dimes Now she's gone but when I wear it she crosses

But she found she had a cold chea...And that life out on the farm ain't w...ok to runnin' round all over town...unny how life turns out that way...Oh they say he came home just t...He found them lyin' there oh it was more than he could bear...He found a gun she cried don...nal words were Mary I love you...But she found she had a cold chea

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