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A Lifetime

Allie woke up 8 a.m.
Graduation day.
Got into a car,
And crashed along the way.

When we arrived late to the wake,
Stole the urn while they looked away,
And drove to the beach
'Cause I knew you'd want it that way

And you were standing on the hood of the car
Singing out loud when the sun came up.

And I know I wasn't right,
But it felt so good.
And your mother didn't mind,
Like I thought she would.
And that R.E.M. song was playing in my mind.
And three and a half minutes
Felt like a lifetime

It felt like a lifetime

And you move like water
i could drown in you.
and i fell so deep once,
till you pulled me through

you would tell me
"no one is allowed to be so proud
they never reach out
when they're giving up."

and i know i wasn't right,
but it felt so good.
and your mother didn't mind,
like i thought she would.
and that rem song was playing
in my mind.
and three and a half minutes
felt like a lifetime

are you sitting in the lights?
or combing your hair again,
and talking in rhymes?
are you sitting in the lights?

when i got home, heard the phone,
your parents had arrived.
and your dad set his jaw
your mom just smiled and sighed.

but they left soon
and i went to my room.
played that disc that you'd given me,
and i shut my eyes
swear i could hear the sea.

when we were standing
on the hood of your car
singing out loud when the sun came up.

and i know i wasn't right,
but it felt so good.
and your mother didn't mind,
like i thought she would.
and that rem song was playing
in my mind.
and three and a half minutes,
three and a half minutes,

felt like a lifetime

A Southern Thang

Kelly was a blackjack dealer
Living on the Gulf of Mexico
Kelly had a taste for guns and pills
He was looking for a mark to roll

Sara was a Kappa from Tulane
She was looking for a little change of pace
When a cop pulled them over on the interstate
Kelly blew that car away
(I heard them singing)

Gulf breeze on the porch
Me and my honey rocking back and forth
Light it up again with my kin and friends
Underneath a yellow moon
(It's a Gas)
Sweet dream New Orleans
Mississippi River running over me
Pretty Momma come and take me by the hand
Don't mock what you don't understand
It's a Southern Thing

Now when they held up a bank in Mobile
They finally made it on the evening news
She's a Georgia Peach never within reach
He's a felon from Baton Rouge
I heard Robert Johnson playing on a steel guitar
In the heat of the Delta sun
When Kelly drove them back up to Memphis
To finish what the King had once begun
(Come on and sing it now)

Gulf breeze on the porch
Me and my honey rocking back and forth
Light it up again with my kin and friends
Underneath a yellow moon
(It's a Gas)
Sweet dream New Orleans
Mississippi River rolling over me
Pretty Momma come and take me by the hand
Don't mock what you donít understand
It's a Southern Thing

If we ever get out of here
I want you to promise me
You'll go down to the Gulf
And swim
Deep in the sea
And you'll think of me
The way you used to sing
That silly song to me
Singing
M-I crooked letter crooked letter
Hump back hump back
Get a little closer
M-I crooked letter crooked letter
Hump back hump back
Get a little closer

Gulf breeze on the porch
Me and my honey rocking back and forth
Light it up again with my kin and friends
Underneath a yellow moon
(It's a Gas)
Sweet dream New Orleans
Mississippi River running over me
Pretty Momma come and take me by the hand
Don't mock what you don't understand
It's a Southern Thing

A Southern Thing

Absolutely Still

This Grey room,
This bunker,
The air is humming
us to sleep

While outside,
the city hurries;
the endless worries
are out of reach

Promise me we'll never leave this room,
a million years from now would be too soon.

The world is spinning turning day to night
and my thoughts are running at the speed of light
Got an empty feeling that I never want to fill
absolutely still
I waited longer 'cause I needed proof
that every door I shut is leading me to you
and there's a nervous feeling that i never want to kill
absolutely still

We were running
from the same noise,
We were stuck in
the same pursuit

Now the door's locked
and I find that
the dizzy madness
is bleeding through

Promise me you'll never leave this room,
a million years from now would be too soon.

The world is spinning turning day to night
and my thoughts are running at the speed of light
Got an empty feeling that I never want to fill
absolutely still
I waited longer 'cause I needed proof
that every door I shut is leading me to you
and there's a nervous feeling that I never want to kill
absolutely still

Promise me you'll never leave this room,
a million years from now would be too soon.

The world is spinning turning day to night
and my thoughts are running at the speed of light
Got an empty feeling that I never want to fill
absolutely still
I waited longer 'cause I needed proof
that every door I shut is leading me to you
and there's a nervous feeling that I never want to kill
absolutely still

I'll go anywhere you want tonight
'cause my head is spinning like a satellite
I got a restless feeling that I never want to fill
I'm absolutely still

All In

[Chorus]
All in, All in
You got me all in
Crank the music up
Let it never end
All in, All in
You got me all in
Til the sun come up
And we start again.

Britta likes Peter
Peter likes Paul
She caught em making out
In the cubicle
She ran and told her girlfriend
To cause a bit of fuss
Then she took another hit
On the pixie dust.

[Chorus]

We're banging on the ceiling
We jumping on the floor
A very angry neighbor
Breaking down the door
Everyone is quiet
As he begins to shout
But we say "easy man
We can work it out".

[Chorus]

Are you having a good time
I said are you having a good time
Tell it to your mother

The moral to the story
There isn't really one
The bottom of the line
Is to have a bit of fun

[Chorus]

Are you having a good time
I said are you having a good time
Tell it to your lover
Right mate, is that your mother?

[Chorus]

Til the sun come up
And we start again
Til the sun come up
And we start again
Til the sun come up
And we start again

Allison Foley

Calmly, like a razor
i got us on the door,
or "i got a tape of 'clerks'
someone left the night before."

so i go over later,
you're sitting in that chair
smoking on your cigarette
fingering you hair

so i get drunk and stoned,
every time you come around.

twenty-nine and aimless
you bartend down on fourth
your parents pay insurance
and the parson's audit course

over-schooled and uninspired
a trust fund up your nose
all that wasted talent but, uh
ain't that how it always goes?

so i get drunk and stoned,
every time you come around.
yeah, yeah yeah

so long allison foley
so long, bye-bye

(come up higher, take a step higher)
sometimes you understand
the reasons how you went astray
but least of all the answer,
that it hurts to watch you waste away.

so i get drunk and stoned,
every time you come around.
yeah, yeah, yeah.

so long, allison foley
so long, bye-bye

American Dream

She was a midwestern prom queen
Got her boyfriend headed out West
They ended up in the valley
In a one room apartment
A disconnected phone
Yeah

Now five years later she's single
She's got two kids and a note
And if she gets a moment to herself
She can remember how everything used
To go her way
She says

Where did the time go
When everything was simple and free?
I want to know what happened
Somebody woke me before I could
Have my American Dream

For twenty years he worked corporate
He planned to early retire
His CEO he stole a billion dollars
Now he's working at Denny's
Hoping for a raise
He thinks

Where did the time go
When everything was simple and free?
I want to know what happened
Somebody woke me before I could
Have my American Dream

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm a little bit rebel
I'm a bit patriot
I can see they're both sides of the coin
But still it gets a bit rough
Everything is screwed up
I guess it's just the American way

Sometimes I wonder how you are
You're up in New York City with a family
I think I could have been your guy
It's just a moment in time that is slipping on away

Where did the time go
When everything was simple and free?
I want to know what happened
Somebody woke me before I could have
My American Dream
My American Dream

Yeah, yeah, yeah

She was a midwestern prom queen
Got her boyfriend headed out West

And We're Fine

The sigh
The color
Chestnut skin
And ends alone you hide the color
That's inside a hundred rivers
Here divide your heart in two
Just like the land, so many pieces that don't fit
That make a cloth for her to wear
She mends the rip
But you still see the tear

And if you bring to me
You bring in flowers from the scene
Red and blue haze
A purple light
It brings the shadows to the light

And the rain falls down and hits the ground
Make the proper things and you'll find
Like this bird on the scene
[She can]
You can do anything
[She can find]
Like this bird on the scene
[She can do it]
And you'll find
[And you'll find]

The sigh
The color
Chestnut skin
And ends alone you hide the color
That's inside a hundred rivers
Here divide your heart in two
Just like the land, so many pieces that don't fit
But make a cloth for her to wear
She mends the rip
But you still see the tear

And the rain falls down and hits the ground
[She can... she can find]
Make the proper things and you'll find
[She can do it and you'll find]
Like this bird on the scene
[She can]
You can do anything
[She can find]
Like this bird on the scene
[She can do it, and you'll find]
And you'll find

Wait up for me
If I fall behind
Wait up for me

And the rain falls down and hits the ground
[She can... she can find]
Make the proper things and you'll find
[She can do it and you'll find]
Like this bird on the scene
[She can]
You can do anything
[She can find]
Like this bird on the scene
[She can do it, and you'll find]

We can find
We can find
We can do it
And you'll find

We can find
We can find
We can do it
And we're fine.

At the Stars

Maybe i should drop you at your door.
or leave tonight and vanish up the shore.
anywhere but here.

it's three o'clock we're driving in your car,
you're screaming out the window at the stars,
"please don't drive me home!"

blame us because we are who we are.
hate us because you'll never get that far.
and who'd suppose you would go?
i've already learned enough to know.

tell me all the places we could go.
and count the headlights passing on the road,
a long, long time ago.

here we are.
foreign to their world.
straight and composed.
your sermons i can do without
and i finally found.
that everybody loves to love you
when you're far away.

could it be we've done something wrong
we'd make it back to your place before dawn
"please, don't take me home."
"please, don't take me home."

Bag of Cobras

Baby,
It's so close
Heart to heart
We won't be torn apart
Lately it's so hard
Try to feel my way in the dark

CHORUS
Still I question, wonder why
The world is spinnin' round and round
Half the time I'm upside down
Nothin' holds a castle to build to the ground
Yes, I'm spinnin' round and round
Half the time I'm upside down
Forgive me if I hold onto you to touch the ground

Will I go spinnin' round?
Stranger days have come
Delta's goin, goin, gone
They've made a hole for the sun
Crazy, it may seem
But reality has become a dream

CHORUS

Changin' times for changin' minds
Oooh, it's the patchwork quilt
Made of pieces that don't fit
So, excuse me if I keep falling down
A dizzy world makes dizzy plans
Defy a dizzy man

CHORUS

Beautiful

Photo stills
in your wallet with the unpaid bills
and you show it like it means something
you could never know the pain it brings

and here you are
standing in our drive
(when absence suits you best)
letters and your cards
with no return address

now you come around
now you come around
your familiar sounds
we are your beautiful,
we are your beautiful mistake.

waiting for this day
well i memorized the things i'd say
how you broke her when you disappeared
how i hear her say,

"you'd make your father proud."
it echoes through the years
as if i could forget all a mother's tears

no, don't say a word
leave while you still can
put out your light

now i guess you're going
a figure through the door
and your taillights faded
like twenty years before

Black Light

I'm on, 2, 3, 4
Wanna do your best tonight
Check, check

Cold day, stuck in my head
Wargames, interstates
Restless adolescence
Presidential motorcades
You know daddy's blowing words
Made of cigarette smoke
Mommy's always down on her knees
Late night, cocktail parties
Let the children do as they please
Yeah, Earthquakes and revelries

Me and my sister burning up in the room
We turn the black light on, turn the black light on
Nobody knows, nobody shows
Or really gives a damn
Me and my sister turn the black light on

Warm day, sun is shining
Ice trays, fake IDs
Stumbling towards the end of the 20th century
And it's hot enough to melt the ice caps
But you wanna make the summer stay
Sister, boyfriend calling,
Won't give me the time of day
Sometimes the guard goes down

Me and my sister burning up in the room
We turn the black light on, turn the black light on
Nobody knows, nobody shows
Or really gives a damn
Black light on, turn it on
Me and my sister turn it up in the room
We got a flashlight on, got the black light on
Nobody knows, nobody shows enough to give a damn
Me and my sister turn the black light on

Nothing is certain, time slips away
The world may be ending
But it ain't happening today, today, today,

Latchkeys and memories
That never fade away

Me and my sister burn it up in the room
We turn the black light on, turn the black light on
Nobody knows, nobody shows
Or really gives a damn
Me and my sister turn it on, turn it on

Me and my sister getting stoned in the room
We turn the black light on, turn the black light on
Nobody knows, nobody shows
that we can give a damn
Me and my sister turn it on and on and on

Black light on
Come on
Black light on

Breathless

Here you are now
Fresh from your war
Back from the edge of time
And all that you were,
Stripped to the bone
I thought you'd want to know

That when you feel the world is crashing
All around your feet
Come running headlong into my arms
Breathless
I'll never judge you
I can only love you
Come now running headlong
Into my arms
Breathless

Lay down your guns
Too weak to run
Nothing can harm you here
Your precious heart
Broken and scarred
Somehow you made it through
I only ask that you won't go again

When you feel the world is crashing
All around your feet
Come running headlong into my arms
Breathless
I'll never judge you
I can only love you
Come now running headlong
Into my arms
Breathless

So glad to see you smiling
So good to hear your laugh
I think that you've found you even
Missed yourself
I'm only asking this because I think that
Truth be told
Oh, you'll never go again
Again

When you feel the world is crashing
All around your feet
Come running headlong into my arms
Breathless
I'll never judge you
I can only love you
Come now running headlong
Into my arms
Breathless
Breathless

Briefly

Wake me up
slap my face
draw me closer in
to your embrace

cause nobody wants to be the butt of every joke
and nobody wants to be the one to pull the rope
so you harden your shell
slowly losing yourself

and now i'm close
but not touching
and i'm cold
but not freezing
and i'm only alive
only alive
briefly

can you feel
could you love
are you further now from where you started
i bet you do enough just to get by
don't you

cause nobody wants to be the butt of every joke
and nobody wants to be the one who's full of hope
and a cop's light goes by
and the moon lights the night

and now i'm close
but not touching
and i'm cold
but not freezing
and i'm only alive
only alive
briefly

and you're a starlight that shines
for a moment in time
in time

Burned

On a Tuesday in December,
when you walked out I remember.
You were smiling as you turned around,
in the hallway, you lingered in the doorway.
And still the words you said to me, make me think of how we used to be.

Hand to my heart, I want to be the one who always learned.
She said, You're just like the sun.
I get so burned when you are close to me.

In the back room of a mansion,
you are planning your deception.
Always calling, never phoning.
I'm a victim of another's war.
And still the words you said to me,
Come ringing in your silent symphony.

Hand to my heart, I want to be the one who always learned.
She says, You're just like the sun.
I get so burned when you are close to me.

And still it hurt so bad, (I thought I'd get one over on you),
you know, I hope you're sad, (you deserve it more than anyone).

I could give you one good reason.
You could be my winning season.
All the things we could have been, just fell away.

Hand to my heart, I want to be the one who always learned.
She says, You're just like the sun. I get so burned when you are close to me.
I get so burned when you are close to me

Burning the Map

Lay down your hair,
The blue in your hair.
Hold everything,
That you have in your life.

And I think you'll find
That I'm not sure what this means.
When you realize
You start lettin' go of things.

Burnin the map,
Lightin you up.

Light comes again,
And it burns where you lie.
Laughin' it off,
So hard you could cry.

And I think you'll find
That I'm not sure what this means.
When you realize
You start lettin' go of things. Ah-ha!

And I'm waitin in my car,
I've forgotten where I turn.
When I looked into the lights,
And I really should be gone.

Light comes again,
That you hide in your lie.
Hold it so close,
That you feel you could die.

Well, I call the shots,
And I know what you feel.
Into the light,
You die at the wheel.

And I think you'll find
That I'm not sure what this means.
When you realize
You start lettin' go of things. Ah-ha!

CDU

Well they almost had you down
I was beat back, look in the mirror and
Like your thoughtless mother
I'm not bound to walk in your footsteps
Well this has gotta change
I can't go on with the nine to five
I gotta rearrange
Lord, I swear it's gotta change

And no-one ever dreams about selling cars or waiting bars
I won't become like that one

I believe you should be gone
Happy dreams at the CDU (repeat)

Well your world was crashing down
You decided to leave town
(spiders?) in your vein
What a shame
When it feels like something's gone wrong in your life
You can try
Try and open up your life now
Try and open up to me

Yet the market rise, and the futures dive alone
I won't become like that one

I believe you should be gone
Happy dreams at the CDU

Well I'm drivin' in my car
And I'm not supposed to know
I admit that I was wrong
But I'm not that sorry
And I walk a crooked line
But it won't be shaped like that one

I believe you should be gone
Happy dreams at the CDU

Circle of Friends

Well, how the times have changed
Lookin' back it seems so clear now
Everything you wanted in your life
Everything is certain, try and understand
Put a checklist on your wall
I am not what you think I should be

But you're makin' amends, with your circle of friends
And you're trying to fit me to their mold
Yes you're makin' amends, through your circle of friends
And you're trying to fit me to their mold

When you're trying to make decisions
Will you try to water this thing down
Look up once in a while, you see it's not so clear
The things you believe in are the things that's worth keepin'
You make a promise, stand right by your words

But you're makin' amends, through your circle of friends
And you're trying to fit me to their mold

Your circle of friends
Your circle of friends
Your circle of friends

Closer

And the morning light was breaking
slowly moving across the bed
he gets up without her waking
to the voices in his head

through the shadows in the hallway
to the room they painted blue
and on the inside he is frightened
at a loss for what to do

until he opens up his eyes
and the angels all look down

even closer than this life
closer than your faith
closer than the things that you hold dearly
and in vain
closer than this life
falling through again
giving more than anything
that you could hope to win

and he knows his life is changing
it's never easy letting go
for the first time you are mortal
as the child before you grows
and he wonders at the sight
of the joy that he has found

even closer than this life
closer than your faith
closer than the things that you hold dearly
and in vain
closer than this life
falling through again
giving more than anything
that you could hope to win

and what would you intend to find?
solitude? your peace of mind?
holding out for something less
than touching the hand of god?

even closer than this life
closer than this faith
closer than the things that you hold dearly
and in vain
closer than this life
falling through again
giving more than anything
that you could hope to win

closer than this life
closer finally
living for the only thing
you ever made complete
oh, for the one thing
that you both did perfectly

Cold Year

I have fallen over
I am on the floor
Could you be the answer to a question i've ignored
Everything is you and you are lying here with me
I was cold and distant for a brief eternity
You told me

Ok now I feel like I slept for a hundred million years
And I don't want to live a life avoiding every fear
And I feel like i've slept for a hundred million years
While I was living in my cold year
Cold year (2x)

She was your addiction
You would disagree
She was my aviction for positivity
Something must have woke you up to make you walk away
Summer must have made you see the error of her ways

You told me
Ok now I feel like i've slept for a hundred million years
And I don't want to live a life avoiding every fear
And I feel like I i've slept for a hundred million years
While I was living in my cold year
Living in my cold year

Fall by the wayside
Out from the inside
I, alls well ends well
All you ever were
Saved by your sorrow
All you ever loved

You told me
Ok now I feel like i've slept for a hundred million years
And I don't want to live a life avoiding every fear
Well I feel like i've slept for a hundred million years
While I was living in my living in my
Living in my cold year
Cold year
Living in my cold year
Cold year

Coyote

Heading out, your heart beating in your head.
riding on the texas wind.
raise your feet as you cross the state line.
waking up, the mesa, sun, and the sky.
all the way to tucumcari, and santa fe seems
a stone's throw away.

coyote.

coming down, the phoenix sun on your face.
turns it red by the afternoon.
and to the right, the grand canyon is wide.
sing along, the needle skips in the wind.
count the stars of death valley.
and in the dark, barstow starts to fade.

coyote

Cry in the Sun

You cleaned out your room and under your bed,
lay a picture long forgotten.
with a hand to your head,
you sigh out loud as your memory rushes over and
buries you.

a summer rain storm,
but the shed was dry
with a girl from carolina.
and you held her so tight,
for the warmth that the rain denied,
as the timer slowed to a flash.
so alive, you listen to them when they say...

cry in the sun.
when the devil beats his wife.
if you cry, cry, cry in the sun...
hope i never see the price of my freedom.

we'd dance and sing out,
and trace the moon,
as it crawled across the night sky.
and covered in dew, a lover's pact:
well, here's to now and don't look back.
and oh, how i tried to heed the words written here.

cry in the sun.
when the devil beats his wife.
if you cry, cry, cry in the sun...
hope i never see the price of my freedom.

for every one yeah
there's a person, place or time,
that brings you back and makes you feel alive.
before your reason clouds your eyes,
when you could rule the world if you wanted to...
yeah.

well, i hear you're living far away.
and that life's treated you well.
you know that we were young,
and this picture's old.
but i still can hear you say,
through the pounding of the rain.
and oh, if you try,
tell me, can you hear them say...

cry in the sun.
when the devil beats his wife.
if you cry, cry, cry in the sun...
hope i never see the price of my freedom

Daylight

You're a long walk in a rain storm
You're a cut that refuses to heal
You're a dull ache that I can't shake
You're a cold that's clogging up my head
Or a broke watch keeping time still
Till you pull me in pull me in
And I can't fight

If the night is cold
And you're feeling old
And the morning cuts you
Like a knife
And you're wearing thin
Feel you're giving in
In the darkest hour of the night
You find daylight

You're a stalled car in the desert
You're a song I can't get off my mind
And in a dire strait
With no hope at all in sight
You come rushing in rushing in
With a lifeline

If the night is cold
And you're feeling old
And the morning cuts you
Like a knife
And you're wearing thin
Feel you're giving in
In the darkest hour of the night
You find daylight

Pull me closer to your breast
I need you finally I confess
I'm drifting I'm drifting
I love you but I hate you too
God only knows what I could do
I'm drifting I'm drifting

Come on give me one reason
Come on find me in daylight
Come on give me one reason
Come on find me in daylight

If the night is cold
And you're feeling old
And the morning cuts you
Like a knife
And you're wearing thin
Feel you're giving in
In the darkest hour of the night
You find daylight
You'll find daylight

Desperately Wanting

Past the road to your house
that you never called home
where they turned out your lights
though they say you'll never know

i remember running through the wet grass
and failing a step behind
both of us never tiring
desperately wanting

when they pumped out your guts
and filled you full of those pills
you were never quite right
deserving all the chills
they say the worst is over
kicked it over and ran
then they ask what went wrong
when they turn you on again
they turn you on again.

kick them right in the face
make them wish they weren't born
and if they bring up your name
well they'll say you won the war.
baby burst in the world
never given a chance
then they ask what went wrong
when you never had it right

oh the letters have dropped off
though they say you got them all
i finally figured out some things you'll never know.
take back your life and let me inside
we'll find the door if you care to anymore.

i remember running through the wet grass
and falling a step behind
both of us never tiring
desperately wanting

Devil Girl

Here's a story...
I took a country ride one day
When the rivers froze and the sun began to grey
It was rainin'
I lost control and hit a tree
Well, when I looked up
Saw a house in front of me
Well, she let me in
There was magic in her eyes
I wish I could have seen through her disguise

And you...
Sharpen your horns
Light up the night
Twisting your tongue
And it leaves you up in the air
Sharpen your horns
Light up the night
Twisting your tongue
And it leaves you up in the air

Well, she's wearing
A green crystal round her neck
Yes, it helps her with her concentration
And she's chanting
Her words are healing my cracked head
But the meaning defies explanation

And you...
Sharpen your horns
Light up the night
Twisting your tongue
And it leaves you up in the air
Sharpen your horns
Light up the night
Twisting your tongue
And it leaves you up in the air

Maid of fire
I gave my life to her
Made a pact I had to keep
I sold my soul to her
Tricked by a devil girl
I sold my soul to her

Time is runnin' down
I could be crazy!
Man, I sold my soul for seven years of fame
But I'm lookin' back
And I'm thinkin' maybe
The mark you make
The claim you stake
These are the things remembered when you're gone

Sharpen your horns
Light up the night
Twisting your tongue
And it leaves you up in the air

Everything in 2's

Cut me out of this role.
i can't play it anymore.
it must be something in the water here.

give me up,
i confess.
i feel as though i'm living less.
the strangest gravity affects my way.
because i was born incomplete,
drowning in the brevity.
kind of like a road you're travelling on.

everything in 2's
you often lose
you make me whole again
everything in 2's
you never knew
you'd make me whole again.

someone said, someone wrote,
we're floating tethered to a rope.
so complicate me,
i could use the weight.
in how you move the scenery,
lover, how you mirror me.
but stop me if you've heard it all before.

and now and again,
you find yourself over your head.
in a cynical time, in you i find
a reason to live.

cut me out of this role
i can't play it anymore
it must be something in the water here

Extra Ordinary

(feat. DJ Swamp)

I got a little bit of hope
like a soap on a rope
sweeter than sour
but getting thinner by the hour
falling fast, and i'm running out of gas

muggin on your sister!
smart as bobby fischer!

still i couldn't get arrested
though i got more hooks
than madonna got looks
and just like that ac/dc song
come on baby, shake me all night long

all i want to do
is stay till early in the morning
(you know i love you baby)
and all i've got to say
is your love's extra ordinary
you're extra ordinary, baby

somebody push me through the door
i been sleeping on the floor
thirty-one flavors, listen to the neighbors
through the wall
at a debutante ball

cumba lada vista!
got a mona lisa!

so much for the late rent
cause your money's spent
and it's cold inside
but just like that barenaked ladies' song
i'm hot like wasabi when i'm next to your body

all i want to do
is stay till early in the morning
(you know i love you baby)
and all i've got to say, yeah
is your love's extra ordinary
you're extra ordinary, baby

ain't love such a sweet thing!
ain't love such a sweet thing!

(con fuego, baby ...)

all i want to do
is stay till early in the morning
(you know i love you baby)
and all i've got to say, yeah
is your love's extra ordinary
you're extra ordinary, baby

Ezra Pound

Lay your hands on the ocean
Lay your hands on the sea
You touch the heart with words
Oooh you satisfy me
You satisfy me

And then you took in hand
Pricked by poisoned pin
Painted the world one color
Oooh you drew me in
You draw me in

We won't read the end
Ezra Pound

And if you say a prayer
Please say one for me
And if you light a candle, baby
Please light... light one for me

Did he say he loved you?
Will you still get through?
Did he say he loved you?
Will you still be...
Will you still be true?

We won't read the end
[Will you still be true?]
Ezra Pound

You take Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein
Put 'em all together and what do you find?
Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein
You put 'em all together and what do you find?
Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein
Put 'em all together

I said sticks and stones can break my bones
But this world can never hurt me
I said sticks and stones can break my bones
But this world
This world can never hurt me

We won't read the end
World can't never hurt me
[Ezra Pound]

We won't read the end
World can't never hurt me
Oooh yeah, Ezra Pound

Down in the mess where I wanna be
Stop and find the things that you have not found
Oh, you can never found

[We won't read the end]
[Ezra Pound]

I ain't everything

Ezra Pound

Falling Apart

Well i've been looking in your eyes
and you've been looking in my eyes
well there's a reason you came to this tonight
there's a reason you came to this tonight

can you tell me
(can you tell me why things are falling apart)
there's a reason
there's a reason
can you tell me
(can you tell me why things are falling apart)
there's a reason
there's a reason

all the fish in the ocean
to all the birds in the sky
to all the hearts that are broken
well there's a reason you came to this tonight

can you tell me
(can you tell me why things are falling apart)
there's a reason
there's a reason
can you tell me
(can you tell me why things are falling apart)
there's a reason
there's a reason
but this world is not our own
though we thought that it could be
yes this world is not my own
though i wish that it could be

(can you tell me why things are falling apart)
there's a reason
there's a reason
can you tell me
(can you tell me why things are falling apart)
there's a reason
there's a reason to live

Fit

I want to stop
I want to find
I need to know
Where you go to hide
Cause I'm out of breath
My air is gone
Running with you
Being alone

Cause you really want to settle the truth
Let me be the one to offer you proof

Oh how you fit me
Oh how you do
You know that you only
I'm head over you
Oh how it hit me
I'm caught up and bruised
Despite all the cynical lies
I finally found a piece that fit in my life

I was adrift
out on my own
You came a long and carried me home
Cause you are a spark
A distant headlight
I can't stop my eyes
From keeping you in sight

Cause I'm not looking for a broken excuse
But I need you now to heal all my wounds

Oh how you fit me
Oh how you do
You know that you only
I'm head over you
Oh how it hit me
I'm caught up and bruised
Despite all the cynical lies
I finally found a piece that fit

Cause I made them
Faded some
Look at what I've become
And my eyes are drawn till you came along
The world is quite confused
You're my only absolute

Oh how you fit me
Oh how you do
You know that you only
I'm head over you
Oh how it hit me
I'm caught up and bruised
Despite all the cynical lies

And Oh how you fit me
Oh how you do
You know that you only
I'm head over you
Oh how it hit me
I'm bound up in you
Despite all the cynical lies
I finally found a piece that fit in my life
I finally found a piece that fit in my life

Get You In

I sit and watch your flowers wilting in the kitchen
i felt like i was one of them gasping for air.
i go from room to room hoping to find your
i play my music louder than you'd like me to

why can't i be your lover?
can there be another?
and when i feel without i want to get you in.
can't i be your lover?
at five o'clock you come shuffling in.
and when i lock you out i want to get you,
get you, get you in.

i understand that you are going through a hard time
but what you need to recognize i'm in one too
you say that maybe we should take some time apart
but you go your way, i'll get by, and you'll go get high
you just see if i mind.

why can't i be your lover?
can there be another?
and when i feel without i want to get you in.
why can't i be your lover?
at five o'clock you come shuffling in.
and when i lock you out i want to get you,
let you, get you in.

well i could be wrong i don't even know myself
and i must be strong when you're gone so long
i don't need to know reasons why.

what i wouldn't do for you.

why can't i be your lover?
can there be another?
and when i feel without i want to get you in.
why can't i be your lover?
at five o'clock you come shuffling in.
and when i lock you out i want to get you,
let you, get you in.
i want to get you in

Good

Looking around the house.
hidden behind the window and the door.
searching for signs of life but there's nobody home.

well, maybe i'm just too sure.
maybe i'm just too frightened
by the sound of it.
pieces of note fall down, but the letter said,

aha, it was good living with you.
aha, it was good.
aha, it was good living with you.
aha, it was good.

sitting around the house,
watching the sun trace shadows on the floor.
searching for signs of life, but there's nobody home.

well, maybe i'll call
or write you a letter.
now, maybe we'll see on the fourth of july.
but i'm not too sure, and i'm not too proud.
well, i'm not too sure and i'm not too proud to say.

aha, it was good living with you.
aha, it was good.
aha, it was good living with you.
aha, it was good.

yeah, you were so good.yeah you were so good, yeah that's right...

Happy Day Mama

I wrote a three page note
so i could ask you why you live your life
(disregard the pretense that you made).
come alive, come alive, watch the city go by.
turn me up, turn me up, turn me up, turn me up, turn me up

your face is creased by the pillow case sheets,
the bedroom is a mess.
can i get some room service please?
are you lucid? drug induced?
through bloodshot eyes the city come alive,come alive,come alive.

ah, how wonderful you are!
ah, how wonderful you are!

outside, you feel like you were born with a kick-me sign
taped permanently to your back.
i can relate, video tape,
you got a laugh when you fell face first on the floor.

ah, how wonderful you are!
ah, how wonderful you are!

are you listening?
are you breathing?
give me something, i can believe in,
because you give me soul
illuminating everything!
aw, push it boy, push it like you never should.

understate.
you were great,
summering out on the cape.
i said last night how i feel about you,
but you wouldn't recall no,
you don't recall anything do you?

ah, how wonderful you are
ah, how wonderful you are

i wrote a three page note
i wrote a three page note
i wrote a three page note
happy day mama, happy day, happy day, happy day mama!

Happy Endings

And though you will say i'm wrong.
it's much easier with you along.
sundays were made for this.
seeing bond give the villain a kiss ....

holding your face in the glow
play on, play on
happy endings

i thought that you'd like to know.
i'm finally letting her go.
you always said, "tell me when
you're ready at last to begin."

learning to chance it again.
play on, play on
happy endings

so let them all dissolve
and welcome a new resolve
here's where the credits run.
riding off into the sun

and love is real
reading your eyes in the glow
play on, play on
happy endings

Heaven

Will you fight for the cause?
can you teach the savage mind, their ways are wrong,
help them see what they want and what they need?
and if we have to twist their arms,
they know not what they do is wrong.

and if you said i would go to heaven
now, maybe i'll try.
and if you said i would go to heaven
now, maybe i'll try.

heretics and hypocrites,
wear the same face through the years.
telling lies and laying blame.
damn the fire to feed the flame.
don't dance or sing or try to think,
they're images planted in your head.

and if you said i would go to heaven
now, maybe i'll try.
and if you said i would go to heaven
now, maybe i'll try.

ivy is just a dog
with a heart that's noble as
the greatest man who ever lived.
won't you please help her learn?
and if we have to twist her arms,
she knows not what she does is wrong.

and if you said i would go to heaven
now, maybe i'll try.
and if you said i would go to heaven
now, maybe i'll try.

and if you said i'll be a rich man...

Hell No!

Put your ear up to the speaker
Let your jaw drop
Witness this power of suggestion
Blow the roof off
Gods of war march into battle
Make the ground shake
Crowd appears, countdown has begun
Drop the bomb,4,3,2,1

Hell No! Y'all, We ain't gonna sit down
Hell No! Y'all ,Gonna shake this mother to the ground
Hell No! Y'all, We ain't gonna back down
Hell No! Y'all, Gonna put you suckers in the ground

Fourth and long,
Casualties abound
In the hot sun
Final play, pile up in the endzone
Deed is done,
Damn, glad we won.

Hell No! Y'all, We ain't gonna sit down
Hell No! Y'all ,Gonna shake this mother to the ground
Hell No! Y'all, We ain't gonna back down
Hell No! Y'all, Gonna put you suckers in the ground

Man, you will never let anybody disrespect you
Hell no!
You will keep your head held high
Whether you win or you lose
Because no one will come into our house
And tell us what to do!

Hell No! Y'all, We ain't gonna sit down
Hell No! Y'all ,Gonna shake this mother to the ground
Hell No! Y'all, We ain't gonna back down
Hell No! Y'all, Gonna put you suckers in the ground
Hell No! Y'all, We ain't gonna sit down
Hell No! Y'all ,Gonna shake this mother to the ground
Hell No! Y'all, We ain't gonna back down
Hell No! We ain't gonna back down.

Hey Love

I haven't felt you for a while
I haven't had much opportunity to smile
I see you in the eyes of couples passing by
As soulmates kiss, the innocence,
Too long I've been denied.

(chorus)
Hey love, where you going
Hey love, how you been
I wish you'd stay a little longer
No, that's ok, I understand
Maybe another day
Hey love, old friend,
There you go again.

I found a photo and you were there
Captured in our faces
Just before you disappeared
It was nice to know you, if only for a while
To come and go with a sweet hello
And a bittersweet goodbye.

(chorus)

I don't know where I am
I don't know
I don't know where I am

And if every new beginning
Is just another's end
Tell me love, why should i begin
Again.

(chorus)

There you go again
Can you come back?
Can you come back love?
Can you come back?
Can you come back love?

Hold Me Down

I been waitin',
Waitin' is the hardest part.
Lyin' sleepless,
Thinkin 'bout you in the dark.

I can ponder,
What was like a coiled in Spring.
And the memory was just fadin now,
I close my eyes and it's you I see.

I made a promise that I can't keep,
I close my eyes and I can't sleep.
Cause you -
Hold me down,
Hold me down,
Hold me down,
Hold me down.

I been drivin',
Drivin' by your house at night.

I been walkin',
Walkin' in the pale moonlight.

I been balled up,
What was like a coiled up spring.

And the memory is just fadin' now,
I close my eyes and it's you I see.
I made a promise that I can't keep,
I close my eyes and I can't sleep.

Cause you -
Hold me down,
Hold me down,
Hold me down,
Hold me down.

Go into the grave with you.

I made a promise that I can't keep,
I close my eyes and I can't sleep.

Cause you -
Hold me down,
Hold me down,
Hold me down,
Hold me down,
Hold me down,
Hold me down,
Hold me down,
Hold me down.

The last thing I remember was her face,
As I put her in the shallow grave.
She said, "Hold me down,"
Hold me down,
Hold me down,
Hold me down.
Go into the grave with you.

Holden

Holden, Where are you going
Up above The playing fields
Are on the train back home

Holden, You've got so many thoughts in your head
You can't believe that Alfie's dead
And you hope that its not true
And what makes you think that
If you run and hide Nothing will change and
Everything stays in front of you

Catch, Catch me if you can
Catch, Catch me if you can
But don't let me fall through or pass you by, Huh.

Holden, You know its raining outside
There's no place left for you to hide
So you'll stay in the park a while

Holden, your sister's crying inside
Go though the window and lay by her side
And don't you let her change your mind
And don't ever change
Into lost like the rest of them
Don't ever change
Never let 'em change your mind

Catch me if you can
Catch me, catch me if you can

But don't let me fall through
Or pass you by
And don't ever change
Into lost like the rest of them
Don't ever change
Never let 'em change your mind

Catch me if you can
Catch me, catch me if you can
Holden
Catch me if you can
Holden
Catch me if you can
But don't let me fall through
Or pass you by

Hollow

Well they say your life was marked
And you were wondering if it would ever start
Stop

Sunlight on a razor blade
Three different souls
And the lives they made
I grew up in the 80's
In the pallisades
I was listening to Devo

And everybody catered to their needs
All voted most likely to succeed
Holly came out
And Billy got paid
But Jenny got pregnant the first time she got laid

All my rage
Sits inside
When even the finest things
Are leaving you hollow
And all my days
Left behind
And even the finest things
Are leaving you hollow

Cut to an interior view
Holly married well but so did you
One was black one was blue
I was watching the days go by
Could you be seen in a silly dream
Where Billy lives on Prozac and nicotine
Holly got her GED living in maternity
Nursing her broken heart for the love she lost

All my rage
Sits inside
When even the finest things
Are leaving you hollow
And all my days
Left behind
And even the finest things
Are leaving you hollow

And the sky is blue
And so are you
Mary takes a drag off a cigarette
And the stereo is coming up behind her
Like she needs someone to remind her
That life is richer in a minor key
Bill and Holly disagree
But I don't think so

All my rage
Sits inside
When even the finest things
Are leaving you hollow
And all my days
Left behind
And even the finest things
Are leaving you hollow

Sunlight on a razor blade
Three different souls and the lives they made
Well Holly came out and Billy got paid
But Jenny got pregnant the first time she got laid

Hung the Moon

They say you're off (a bit confused)
but when the day is done
i'll be with you
i like your eyes
they say you're true
the others whisper and lie

and you framed the sun
shot out the stars
you paled the sky
and hung the moon

they say "your loss"
that your mind's diseased
but when you finally won,
tell me who always believed

down way low
they never remember
down way low
down way low
you always remember
don't let the words you hear leave your head.

they say you're gone
that you left today
but if you change your mind
know i still feel the same way

I Do

I got a little bit of reason
for everything i've done
i might just serenade the moonlight

and i get so lonely in this crowd
i want to scream but make no sound
and yeah i'm lost but maybe i'll be fine

cause when i'm in over my head
i hear the words you said
that someone out there's
listening to the same song
feeling the same way that i do
make me a believer pick up the receiver
and tell me you feel just like i do
i do

and i couldn't bear to see you walk out
and leave it all behind
i couldn't bear to see the sunlight

and i love the sound of rain on tin
your screen door beckoning me in
and yeah i'm mad but overcome with joy

could it be so damn naive
to hope you could agree?
that someone out there's
listening to the same song
feeling the same way that i do
make me a believer pick up the receiver
tell me you feel just like i do
i do

in a world that's cellophane
you get so lost i know you do
in a world that's cellophane

someone out there's
listening to the same song
feeling the same way that i do
make me a believer pick up the receiver
tell me you feel just like i do
i do
someone out there's
listening to the same song
feeling the same way that i do
make me a believer pick up the receiver
and tell me you feel just like i do
i do

I Just Knew

When you walk in the noise disappears
Where you begin is perfectly clear
All this time I felt so confused
Then came you and I just knew

Well I fell out when you picked up the phone
When we'd go out, yeah, it'd feel just like home
Do you think that I'm alright
Shining through and I just knew
And I just knew

There's something I've been meaning to ask you
How about making it for real
Something changed but I just knew
And I just knew

There's something I've been meaning to ask you
How about doing it for life
Something changed and I just knew
And I just knew
And I just know
Oh yeah and I knew

Come around and see me tonight, Darlin'
Come around and make it all right
Come around and see me tonight
Come around and make it all right, Darlin'

In the Blood

How can you be so warm?
how can you know what i feel?
well, it's the way you move your hands,
and it's the way you understand.

and that's the reason that i'm asking.
that's the reason that i want to know.
and that's the reason that i'm asking,
and that's the reason that i'm...

how can you throw away everything you live for?
well, it's the way we shake and sway.
oh, and it's the passion that you play.

and that's the reason that i'm asking.
that's the reason that i want to know.
and that's the reason that i'm asking,
and that's the reason that i'm...

too many lost.
links in a chain passed down through the years,
but ending here, if we just face the pain and the fear.

who did you love before?
who did they love before you?
but it's the way you move your hands
and it's the way you understand.

and that's the reason that i'm asking.
that's the reason that i want to know.
and that's the reason that i'm asking,
and that's the reason that i'm...

It's Only Natural

Girl, your daddy's knocking on your door
I hear your footsteps on the floor to me
Stumbling back to your room

Pain it is a thing I can't explain
I only feel it when you go away
I'm waiting for you to return

Don't fight it if it feels good
(Don't fight it girl)
You hide it but you never should
(Don't hide)
Don't listen to voices in your head
What are you and me but monkeys in a tree?
It's only natural
Na-na-na-na natural

Hey, I know your mother's off at work
You say your daddy's such a jerk to you
Why can't they just all fade away

Girl, is that the way it's going to be?
I'm only happy when you're down on me
You can be my honeybee

Don't fight it if it feels good
(Don't fight it girl)
You hide it but you never should
(Don't hide it)
Don't listen to voices in your head
What are you and me but monkeys in a tree?
It's only natural
Na-na-na-na natural

Don't fight it if it feels good
(Don't fight it girl)
You hide it but you never should
(Don't hide)
Don't listen to voices in your head
What are you and me but monkeys in a tree?
It's only natural
It's only natural
It's only natural
Na-na-na-na natural
(don't fight it girl)
It's only natural
(don't hide it)
Is it the colour of your hair?
Is it the silly way you stare?
(don't fight it girl)
It's only natural
Na-na-na-na natural

Je ne m'en souviens pas

We're all a scene in mona's dream...

So I go to the bakery and, and she doesn't have any bread.
And there was, and there was some bagels left.
And there was a person sitting,
and I said "those look like my keys."
But uh, she said "I don't remember."
No I can't remember.

You moved in slow degrees
A sudden memory
You're a Leonard Cohen song

A paris street.
A quiet stream.
Far away from Cabrini green.
Forgotten love at seventeen,
Where her children got a chance,
Not a dead end street.

Cause some got religion,
And some got drugs,
Some got money and,
Some got love,

All of her days in a dry-eyed haze,
Just another scene in Mona's dream.

So clean, but I was walkin' in here diggin';
whoops but there's nothing left in the refrigerator.
And there's milk and it smells like a dirty bathroom you stinkin' dog.
There's nothing to eat here.
So that's what I did, I put the, ah keys.

I like it when you're dancing to P-Funk,
and how you jiggle your hips so fast, working up a sweat.
You got the churn and the butter so you work it;
and it's all just another scene down in Mona's dream...

Juarez

Worn out in juarez
asking the dust for change
worn out in juarez
a punch drunk assassin
getting caught in the rain

driving all the way from albuquerque
living on funyuns and beef jerky, yeah

wearing the ages
mining the seats for cash
worn on the edges
faded like a photo left too long on the dash

busking all the way from sarasota
chasing mini thins with cherry cola, yeah

it's a dreamlife

hitching all the way from minnesota
sunflower seeds in your scotch and soda

it's a dreamlife
ah, it's a dreamlife

worn out in juarez
worn out in juarez

Juicy

Here we go

I got with somebody's date
You're like a Soap Opera cover
My lover self-automates
Juicy

You say a-somebody say
You're like a salve for a leper
You're sweet for somebody's pain
Juicy
Aw, Juicy

Yeah, you got to live for your own
You say you got all the sordid details
Check-out retail
Watch it sell
Juicy
Aw, Juicy

I Gotta Delay

Mothers, children on the street
Can't get enough to eat
Off the record
Dishes fly
Don't know the reason why
Meet me in the check out stand
See who can be the lover man
Conscience bleeding in a song
Guilty as the day is long
Goodbye

Yeah, you got to live for your own
You say you got all the sordid details
Check-out retail
Watch it sell
I got to see that lie
You say what you're going to say
You got to know it's a bitter poison
Sapping all of your soul away

Yeah, Juicy
Juicy

Just One Day

If you could change the choices that you've made
Would you do it today?
If you could spin the world the other way,
Could you do it on faith?
If time stands still...

What would you do? what would you say?
If everyone you loved came back for just one day
How would it feel, if every dream became real?
And all the scars you have fade away
For just one day

Imagine all the times that you could take back
What would you have done differently?
Thoughts in your head that you never said
A heart that you broke and left for dead
If all the pain you had could be released.
How life flies by...

What would you do? what would you say?
If everyone you loved came back for just one day
How would it feel, if every dream became real?
And all the scars you have fade away
For just one day
... and the night all the good times and the fights
All the take and the give
All the moments that we never got to live

What would you do? what would you say?
If everyone you loved came back for just one day
How would it feel, if every dream became real?
And all the scars you have fade away
For just one day

What would you do...
If all the love you lost you had was real
For just one daaa-aaay
For just one day

If you could change the choices that you've made
Would youu do it today?

King of New Orleans

There's an angel on the stairs
(as if you'd even care)
when the lights go up,
and the sun has nearly gone down.

did you see him on the street?
did you pass him at your feet?
did you think aloud, "how dare they
even look me in the eye'?

and he loves the girls.
and he loves the boys.
going to make twenty dollars
before the weekends over.

so set him up,
let him fall.
turn him over in your hands.
god save the king of new orleans.

got a ticket to a show.
going to see him take a blow.
when the drunk one said,
"cat stevens was the greatest singer!"

and did you kick him in the head?
did you see the blood run down? did you laugh at all when the
people walked right by and said aloud,
"you gutter punks are all the same.
"probably make twenty dollars 'fore the weekends over."?

so set him up,
then let him fall.
turn him over in your hands.
god save the king of new orleans.

radio in my head.
radio in that car.
going down again,
he's going down again....

anyway you look, anyway you talk it over.
it's easier to let it slip out of your mind.
but it rips your heart out.

then it kicks your head in.
just give him one more chance,
try to see the beauty in his world.
all the way in on my hands, in on my feet,
and shoulders. going to make twenty dollars
before the weekend's over.

so set him up,
then let him fall.
turn him over in your hands.
god save the king of new orleans.

god save the king of new orleans

Laid

(by James)

This bed is on fire
With passionate love
The neighbours complain about the noises above
But she only comes when she's on top

My therapist said not to see you no more
She said you're like a disease without any cure
She said I'm so obsessed that I'm becoming a bore, oh no
Ah, you think you're so pretty

Caught your hand inside the till
Slammed your fingers in the door
Fought with kitchen knives and skewers
Dressed me up in womens clothes
Messed around with gender roles
Dye my eyes and call me pretty

Moved out of the house, so you moved next door
I locked you out, you cut a hole in the wall
I found you sleeping next to me, I thought I was alone
You're driving me crazy, when are you coming home

Like It Like That

That calling from that porch again
low dress blowing in the wind
(i should have known i'd regret it later)
but she blow like a tsunami

i like it like that
i like it like that
i like it like that

terra cotta, window pane
brown skin soaking up the rain
(i should have been a cynical writer)
but she don't care just where he be

i like it like that
i like it like that
i like it like that

she can move you!
she can move you!
what's your name?
destiny.

i like it like that
i like it like that
i like it like that

Live Again

Don't fear,
even though you're at a loss.
i'm numb,
a shell of empty thoughts.
but you glow,
you stretch and pull me out.
does that trouble you?
does that trouble you?

love me
hate me
make me live again
i need you around

heal me
hurt me
make me live again
i want you around

so long,
i never had experienced
this bliss.
so how could i resist?
and i'm fine
a little light-headed.
does that worry you?
i didn't mean to worry you.

now, retreating from the light
i love it when we fight
it makes me think
at least you still care

give up, you're not going anywhere
moonlight, illuminates your stare
and it's great, captivating you
does that trouble you?
i didn't mean to trouble you

Long Lost

Are you lost?
do you find life turning out
not quite the way you planned?
come around stay awhile
that's ok that's alright
couldn't get to sleep so talk about it.
let's talk about it right now.

here it comes on my head again
i guess i'm born to be the long lost friend.
long lost friend

are you cold?
is there no place better, safer, friendlier than this?
call me up, i'm alone.
that's ok, that's alright
rather it be me than go without it.
so don't think about it right now.

here it comes on my head again
i guess i'm born to be the long lost friend.
long lost friend

i've given ballast
held you up when you were falling down
what happens when i'm not around?

friend?
friend?
long lost friend

Mercy

Oh, my head
aches from each night we lie and fight
in your bed
can we just sleep tonight
now i quit
i give mercy
so i quit
i give mercy

so, suffer
neither one giving in
you think we lurk
somewhere a compromise
now i quit
i give mercy
so i quit
i give mercy

all those letters
split them tonight
each wanting less than the other would like
so i quit
i give mercy
now i quit
i give mercy
well i quit
i give mercy

mercy
mercy
mercy
mercy
mercy

Misunderstood

Talking in her sleep again
reciting lines start to end
but she's not crazy
(knock on wood)
just a little misunderstood

she takes a walk at 4am
wakes the neighborhood again
and i find myself recalling everything she used to tell me

aw yeah, alright, truth hurts inside
aw yeah, that's right, you go around once in life

everybody wants to be a part
everybody loves a situation
who would ever want to play the part
of anonymous numbers on a governmental chart

she's waiting tables the next day
she pulls a double then on her way
to an audition in hollywood, yeah,
a little misunderstood

we sit around the house
waiting for the phone to ring
and i know she alone holds the key
to everything i want to be

aw yeah, alright, truth hurts inside
aw yeah, that's right, you go around once in life

everybody wants to be a part
everybody loves a situation
who would ever want to play the part
of anonymous numbers on a governmental chart

everybody wants to be your friend
when you've got something you can give them
all i've seen, bad and good, she's not crazy
just a little misunderstood.

aw yeah, all good, she's not crazy,
just a little misunderstood.

two years later you're a star
who'd have thought we'd get this far?
but i'd give it all away if i
could see you on that day again
when you quit work
and threw that coffee
at the manager jerk

you said, "close your eyes
i've got a surprise
a house in the hills
and a car that drives by."

aw yeah, alright, truth hurts, don't it? inside
aw yeah, that's right, you go around once in life

everybody wants to be a part
everybody loves a situation
who would ever want to play the part
of anonymous numbers on a governmental chart

everybody wants to be your friend
when you've got something you can give them
all i've seen, bad and good, she's not crazy
just a little misunderstood.

aw yeah, all good, she's not crazy,
just a little misunderstood

Mr. Greaves

Hello mr. greeves
you were sleeping when you crashed your car
when the doctors get through your wife won't recognize who you are
i know that you're sick in your room
house pay insurance your mortgage too soon
hello mr. greeves
you were sleeping when your daughter left
you never quite lived now you feel that you've sunk in a trap
in all of the the things you hold dear
a mortgage to you in 35 years
hello mr. greeves
hello mr. greeves
hello mr. greeves
hello mr. greeves

New Kind of Low a.) Low b.) Coma

a) Low

I push the limits of good taste
whenever i open my mouth
you got a worm in your ear
like chekov from kahn

shame! shame!
i hit a new kind of low.

all the way from south dakota
like a green leprechaun
she got a sun dress in heat
he got his latex gloves on

shame! shame!
i hit a new kind of low.

and if you ever come here
you're tweaking on the phone
"i got a new connection"
i never leave the light on

shame! shame!
i hit a new kind of low...

b) Coma

All the time,
a loss.
black like you were blessed,
i was sobered blind.
let you take me there
and laughed loud when they found
i was devoured. devoured.
devoured

Nightclubbing

I can be who you want me to be
Take a chance on a new enemy
Something different than you felt before
But you'll know it when you taste it
In the absence of light it's a flash in the night
Something that you can feel but it's always burnin'

Put on your best dress and make up your face
We're going nightclubbing we're going night clubbing
Get off your high horse and powder your nose
We're going nightclubbing nightclubbing

There's a place out on Avenue A
Where the kids got a new remedy
Just a little bit to leave yourself for a temporary exile
It's a shortness of breath it's a glow in your chest
Something better than real that's always turnin'

Put on your best dress and make up your face
We're going nightclubbing we're going night clubbing
Get off your high horse and powder your nose
We're going nightclubbing nightclubbing
Check all your hang ups and lead at the door
We're going nightclubbing we're going night clubbing
Quit all your bitchin' and get on the floor
We're going nightclubbing - nightclubbing

Gang - salad in a bowl
East Side complacent to close at the place at
The closet the most at the light center
I gotta know baby when you see me don't latch on
I gotta know baby - say alone

take your blade now
cut down low
I gotta know darlin
I gotta know darlin

take all them restin
demagogues and lead 'em too
cuz I gotta know darlin
I got to know darlin

Some pride sure breaks cuz the rates and their fakes showin
come pump to life house check bright and them lates' show

demagogues and virtualites
cordialites and beau derelects
and no darlin
I got to know darlin

demagogue
socialities
and jolities
hook

Normal Town

I still remember you dressed in grey.
working undercover for the cia
you were cursing silber living in back bay
sailing on the charles when i heard you say

let's go down to normal town
right now
down, down, down

i washed you lover and scrubbed your face
running from miss porter's you showed up one day
from a flat in south end where you made me strong
you said, "we're burning out at both ends."
so i came along.

let's go down to normal town
right now
down, down, down

hey! wouldn't it be great to never worry about your future never asking why?
hey! hey? in a subdivision watching television and our lives go by.

let's go down to normal town. let's go down to normal town. right now

down, down, down ....

Oh, Corrina

You started running with your beat up suitcase
you hit the vision when the sun go down
i use to laugh when you sang along
now the barrios songs long long gone

oh corrina
come again
white boy trying to sing that song

oh corrina
come again
the last i saw was your dust light the road

come out and see us in your faded blue dress
come out and show how us how to shake that thing
i start to loose you when the time go by
but the barrios songs long long gone

oh corrina
come again
white boy tryint to sing that song

oh corrina
come again
the last i saw was your dust light the road

oh corrina
oh corrina
oh corrina
la la la la corrina

One More Murder

One more murder in this town,
don't mean a thing just lock your doors
and drive around.

one more murder in this town,
don't worry the rain will
wash the chalk marks from the ground.

saturday night, shots ring out,
add one to the body count.
you come alive to see another's end.

plead it to a lesser count,
da says without a doubt,
in 3-5 you're on the streets again.

one more murder in this town
don't mean a thing
you get accustomed to the sound

one more murder in this town
block off the street and
wrap the crime scene tape around.

hosanna! hosanna!
i can't feel a thing at all!
hosanna! hosanna!
i can't feel a thing!
i can't feel a thing at all!

saturday night you're going out
parking lot, a figure come about
feel a piece click against your head.
pleading to his sympathy,
"take the car, i got a family"
you hear a laugh,
"it don't mean shit to me."

one more murder in this town

Our Finest Year

I am bending
Made of steel
I am stumbling
Towards something real
How can you forget this feeling
Of standing straight while the world is reeling?

Don't leave me here alone
You're as close as it gets to home

Don't look down
You might fall
Life made rookies of us all
In our finest year
Don't wait up
We'll be fine
Somehow we might get it right
In our finest year

I am hopeful
Full of doubt
And I am trying to work this whole thing out
So how can you just sit there sleeping
When your worlds on fire
And your chest is beating?

And I want to think you feel the same

Don't look down
You might fall
Life made rookies of us all
In our finest year
Don't wait up
We'll be fine
Somehow we might get it right
In our finest year

In this moment
While you're breathing
If the future leaves you needing
Will you be the one who stayed?
As your life just slipped away?

Don't leave me here alone
You're as close as it gets to home

I'll be there if you fall
Love made suckers of us all

Don't look down
You might fall
Life made rookies of us all
In our finest year
Don't wait up
We'll be fine
Somehow we might get it right
In our finest year

Our Last Night

We were standing in an empty room.
The moonlight was falling.
You were holding my hand when the car
Pulled up for you.
And I could have spent a life with you,
But those days were over.
You were calling my name when
Your face faded from view.

And wasn't it you who told me
The sun would always chase the day?
Wasn't it you who told me?

Angels fly in the air tonight.
Saying, Wasn't it just like swimming
Out on the lake?
Stars collide, and the air's alive.
Or was it just like those promises that you made
On our last night?

I remember waking up with you.
The days doing nothing,
You meant more to me then
Than I think you ever knew.
But you were going to be a doctor,
A movie star, a poet at a Nobel seminar,
I hope the world never tore that out of you.

And wasn't it you who told me
The sun would always chase the day?
Wasn't it you who told me?

Angels fly in the air tonight.
Saying, Wasn't it just like swimming
Out on the lake?
Stars collide, and the air's alive.
Or was it just like those promises that you made?

And what ever happened to the things you loved, the songs we played,
On the Indian days?
What ever happened to the things you gave away,
Like 'Harold and Maude' and singing?

I was waving as you drove away.
The sunlight was falling.
You were writing backwards
In a dusty windowpane.

Angels fly in the air tonight.
Saying, Wasn't it just like swimming
Out on the lake?
Stars collide, and the air's alive.
Or was it just like those promises that you made
On our last night?

Overcome

North light comes uninvited
Through the window to where you lie
Disjointed, dust and silence
Quite at a loss

I feel strange
I feel changed
I feel strange
Overcome
Overcome by you

I fell in too deep
But I learned to swim
In an undertow
I sense I'm giving in

I feel strange
I feel changed
I feel strange
Overcome
Overcome

I'm a little bit wiser
I'm a little bit sadder
I'm a little bit less you might have guessed
But if you could be staying
Tell me now darling I think I'm fading
I swear I'll never trade your life for a lie

I feel strange
I feel changed
I feel strange
Overcome
Overcome by you

Overcome by you

Particle

Your pain makes you beautiful, you love to lose control,
and mediocrity's rewarded so set your standards low.
in an imploding star, or a burned out car, i implore you.
in a carbon-arc or a dim lit park, i implore you.

suck me in, i'm willing, i get off when you go on
let me be your fate. pour it on, pour it on.
in a country fair or union square, i implore you
in a shrouded face or a spray of mace, i implore you.
i implore you.

cryptic? elemental.
you transcend when you succumb.
one last shred of frailty left,
embedded in our bones.
in an imploding star, or a burned out car, i implore you
in a carbon-arc or a dim lit park, i implore you

so do it again, do it again, do it again. this is what it means
particle.

so do it again, do it again, do it again. this is what it means
particle

Porcelain

Hey, you've got a lot of nerve to show your face around here.
hey, you've got a lot of nerve to dredge up all my fears.
well, i wish i could shake some sense into you and walk out the door.

but your skin is like porcelain.
yeah, your skin is like porcelain.

just the other day i felt i had you by a string.
just the other day i felt we could be everything.
but now when i see you, you're somebody else.
in somebody's eyes and your skin...

but your skin is like porcelain.
yeah, your skin is like porcelain.

i don't know what i'm saying.
well, i don't know if you're there.
in the words you are feigning.
do you even care?

well i wish i could kill you,
savor the sight.
get in to my car, drive into the night.
then lie as i scream to the heavens above.
that i was the last one you ever loved.
yes, your skin is like porcelain.

but your skin is like porcelain.
yeah, your skin is like porcelain

Pull

You come walking like somebody's lover
you come talking like somebody's friend
you wouldn't be here if i were a neighbor
we both want the same thing

pull
we both want the same thing

brother, sister
anoint me, absolve me
take me with you
below hell
you won't be here if i were unwilling
we both know what i bring

pull
we both want the same thing

around, surround
you subjugate
me feel your pull
effortlessly
fuck me up
i'm begging you please
we both want the same thing

pull
we both want the same thing

R3wind

Cut a tape of my favorite songs
said what i can't face to face
i hoped that you would share all my thoughts
we are young and unimpressed, with all you'd recognize.

so play it all over
turn it wide.
now there is nothing but a
mix tape left behind
now it won't rewind

in my car we are superstars
run your lipstick down your chin
while up ahead we saw such a crash
right there a song became a soundtrack for this space in time.

so play it all over
turn it wide.
now there is nothing but a
mix tape left behind
now it won't rewind

wonder is often lost
jaded at such a cost
time undermines you when you close your eyes.
we pass right by you.

so play it all over
turn it wide.
now there is nothing but a
mix tape left behind
now it won't rewind

Rarely Spoken

Called a ride to you
from the phone both up the street
the words still burning
so breath it out breath it in
close your eyes and count to 10
you blew it all this time
but that's just how ends that your not
here are you now
the pride just leaves you dry
so where are you now
with the lies and the words
that are rarely spoken here

you were all and more
and all along
i thought that i would surely die with you
so pull it out put it in
it never stopped so why begin
turn me on next time
perhaps i'll never know if your not
here are you now
the pride just leaves you dry
so where are you now
with the lies and the words
that are rarely spoken here

stay here in me (yeah)
no storms cut you down cut you down

pride just leaves you dry
so where are you now
with your lies and the words that are rarely spoken here
rarely spoken
rarely spoken

Rearranging the Bones

I wanna know what's inside
I slip into your house
Well I can't take for granted
How your bones are planted
What things appear to be
They're just illusions to me
I wanna get inside and move around
I wanna get inside and swirm all around

Ohhhhh...

This is my work of art
Pull back the skin
Rearrange the bones

The ground beneath the grass
The truth behind the lie
The love between the hate
Woah, but it's the skin you see
And it's the skin you want

This is my work of art
Pull back the skin
Rearrange the bones

It's not the skin that matters
It's not the skin that matters
It's not the skin, it's the bones

Don't lay your troubles on me
When you refuse to see
One hundred years from now
It's the bones you'll see
On hundred years from now
What's left of you and me

This is my first... hell-no
Pull back the skin
Blow upon the bones

Hold your hand up to the light
Hold your lies up to the light
Hold your hate up to the light
You see the gnarled, twisted and broken...bones.

Recognize

(feat. DJ Swamp)

First thing i remember was lying in the sand
when a plague of seven horsemen
came across the desert land
they had one good eye between them
they were burning up the sky
when i asked why they had come for me
the ugly one replied
he told me

ah, you better recognize
aw, you better recognize, son

next thing i recall well
i was hanging from a cliff
when an angel came to rescue
me and held me in her grip
she said, "everyone who's ever loved you
gets hurt in the end."
then she smiled and said, "forgive me."
as she let go of my hand
she told me

(you been living out of pocket, out of your socket)
ah, you better recognize.
(you been leaning like a pisa, a moaning lisa)
ah, you better recognize, son
(hip hip for all the busted, we are entrusted)
ah, you better recognize.
(you come a pleading, but it's too late
we can't hear you're on the list now!)
and let your dim light shine.

always darkest before the morning light,
lord knows you ain't that bright
better let your dim light shine

just before i hit the ground
i woke up in my bed
i was dazed and i was weary
and my heart was full of dread
when i looked at my reflection
i was horrified to find
there were seven horsemen next to me
the angel close behind
they told me

(you been living out of pocket, out of the socket)
ah, you better recognize.
(you been leaning like a pisa, a moaning lisa)
ah, you better recognize, son
(hip hip for all the busted, we are entrusted)
ah, you better recognize.
(you come a pleading, but it's too late
we can't hear you're on the list now!)
and let your dim light shine

Return of the Post Moderns

Ten cent lovers
beneath the covers
riding on a wet dream
silver tonic free

high stool sweet tarts
equipped with green cards
chomp their 401 k's
semi-chocolate brie

digging in las cruces
for an army drab container
carbon dating clothes for the last time they were washed

shelby and sheila
onomatopoeia
catch hang nail on banlon
shiver martin sheen

preschool mothers
in technicolor
are fire bombing dresden
stanton, harry dean

feeding line caught tuna to a neutered bodhisattva
writhing peaches for the president out on the white house lawn
beating herbert hoover with a leather tipped pinada thorn
and katy drink the milk tinted amerasian green
return, return, return

Rolling

(feat. Toddy)

Rain drops bead again
they make a tide pool
on your summer skin

shoplifting corner store
i should have got,
should have got some more.

how'd you get so low?
how'd you get so low?
baby i don't know.

god, how you look the same.
i recognize the face,
but not the name.

pull over, never stop
a caramel-colored girl in a halter top.

how'd you get so low?
how'd you get so low?
(she said)

me and you
got a lot to do.
we go rolling
from friday till sunday noon.
stop! start a letter,
rent-a-saint in back
want to hit the interstate in a cadillac,
and we're rolling.

could it be that hard
to never mind the rent
and then quit your job?

flying, at what cost?
shout outs to the ones we've lost.

how'd you get so low?
how'd you get so low?

don't mind me. me? i'm fine.
i just get a little lost sometimes.
but what i really meant to say,
i couldn't live without you another day.

how'd you get so low?
how'd you get so low?
(she said)

me and you
got a lot to do.
we go rolling
from friday till sunday noon.
stop! start a letter,
rent-a-saint in back
want to hit the interstate in a cadillac,
and we're rolling.

are you just worried to see me?
are you just worried to need me?

me and you
got a lot to do.
we go rolling
from friday till sunday noon.
stop! start a letter,
rent-a-saint in back
want to hit the interstate in a cadillac,
and we're rolling.
yeah, we're rolling.
me and you, we're rolling.

on a sunday afternoon.

yeah...

Rosealia

Where have you gone, my rosealia?
into the crowd, he'll never find you.
if you walk real fast, and you stay down low.
so many times, so many chances, this one could be your last.

you say no, no, no, the fighting has left you tired.
you say no, no, no, but the fighting goes on.
put on your mask, wearing your cape.
put on your mask, my rosealia.
put on your mask, wearing your cape.
put on your mask, my rosealia.

what has he done, my senorita?
his kind of love is going to kill you.
do you fake a smile when you dodge the blows?
so many times, so many chances.
this one could be your last.

you say no, no, no, the fighting has left you tired.
you say no, no, no, but the fighting goes on.
put on your mask, wearing your cape.
put on your mask, my rosealia.
put on your mask, wearing your cape.
put on your mask, my rosealia.

jealousy can rip your heart out.
and jealousy can turn a hand into a fist.

you say no, no, no, the fighting has left you tired.
you say no, no, no, but the fighting goes on.
put on your mask, wearing your cape.
put on your mask, my rosealia.
put on your mask, wearing your cape.
put on your mask, my rosealia.

rosealia...

Scared, Are You?

Strong hands
big plans
all reduced to this.
hard won freedom
how could you have missed?

scared, are you?
you do it on your own
you do it all alone.
we all did.
scared, are you?
half the lines we make up dear
the best that you can do

everything you would be
passed you like a ghost.
and kind words are scarce at best
when you need them most.

scared, are you?
you do it on your own
we all did.
scared, are you?
half the lines you make up here.
the best that we can do.

hope brings you luck
doors open up.
and if you should fall,
i'll catch you dear.
it must be!
it must be!

scared, are you?
finally on your own
you do it all alone
we all did
scared, are you?
half the lines you make up dear.
the best that we can do
and we do...

Silly Fool

From the days when you were still in school
pushed your finger tip til it turned blue
and you doubted everything you learned
second guessed the best that you can do

well you're growing older
and i think you would have learned
all you're getting over
don't you know it will return

you silly fool
you must be blind
oh you silly fool
you must be blind

well you call yourself a realist
but its really just the fear that's holding you
so you separate and alienate
anyone who tries to pull you through
and could you tell me something
when you lie alone at night
do you ever wonder
if i feel the same inside

you silly fool
you must be blind
oh you silly fool
you must be blind

everyone can look for reasons
while filling up the seasons
you've got so much to give
sometimes its hard to let you go

and you're growing older
and i think you might have learned
everything you give in life
when you know it will return

you silly fool
you must be blind
oh you silly fool
you must be blind
oh you silly fool
you silly fool
you silly fool

Sincerely, Me

I can still recall
the way you looked that fall
in your favorite dress
the day before you left
and since that time
i wrote a simple rhyme

and i miss you and the things you do
the time we had, the good and bad
the day we met that i can't forget
signed sincerely, me

are you cross at your loss?
but could you be more obsessive
if i'd given you the chance
but since you asked, a reply but it's the last

and i miss you and the things you do
the love you fake, the heart you break.
the buzz you caught, and the times we fought
signed sincerely, me.
oh, my god, and don't forget p.s.
i moved away to a new address
it's far away and i think it's best
signed sincerely, me.

why can't it be like it was?
the rain falls, the summer ends.
why can't it be like it was?
you always said you'd never go away.

and i confess, i was such a mess
i drove for fifteen hours
on this nasty greyhound bus
yes, i've returned.
(you'd think that i would have learned.)

but i miss you and the things you do
the times we had, the good and bad
the day we met that i can't forget
signed sincerely, me

could you really be a bitch like that?
broke my door when you stole the cat.
someone said that you even laughed
signed sincerely, me

why can't it be like it was?
the rain falls, the summer ends.
why can't it be like it was?
you always said you'd never go away.

and i miss you...

the hope you give.
the life you live.
the cross you bear.
the way you swear.
the face you make
when you masturbate.
our bed in the moonlight.
and the night we fought
you were so distraught.
and the lies i denied
even when you cried,
god knows i apologize,
signed sincerely, me.

why can't it be like it was?
the rain goes, the sun returns.
why can't it be like it was?
you always said you'd never go away.
you'd never go away.
you'd never go away.

signed sincerely, me

Southern Girl

There she is.
white light,
descending like the color of rain.
july or fall,
one thing will never change.
down and out,
you found this city has you on your back.
you long for her to take you away.
and i...

i want a southern girl, i need a southern girl.
well, i want a southern girl.
hey, yes, i want a southern girl and i need a southern girl.
and i want a southern girl.

scent of pine drifting by.
her hand traces lazy on your neck.
sunlight through the trees
recalls a better time.
kids and dogs running by,
she smiles as she drinks ice tea,
retire to the room, it's easy to see.

i want a southern girl, i need a southern girl.
well, i want a southern girl.
hey, yes, i want a southern girl and i need a southern girl.
and i want a southern girl.

take back the night, claim your desire.
run 'til you crawl.
in the morning you will find her there.

i want a southern girl, i need a southern girl.
well, i want a southern girl.
hey, yes, i want a southern girl and i need a southern girl.
and i want a southern girl.

i want a southern girl

Special

Are you real?
Are you real or just a dream?
It's been so long, I don't know.
I can feel. I can feel you here with me.
Even though you're far away.

Some are special.
They come back, racing through your mind.
You were special.
Your light, your heat
Will never die.

I was lost.
I was lost and I found you.
I will know no further love.
People move.
People move and fall away,
Love, you refuse to fade.

Some are special.
They come back, racing through your mind.
You were special.
Your light, your heat
Will never die.
So regretful, how could I ever be so blind.
You were special.
I thought I'd never lose my mind.

I was pulling far away.
You were begging me to stay.
And I thought I was losing you.
Funny, how the opposite was true.

Some are special.
They come back, racing through your mind.
You were special.
Your light, your heat
Will never die.
So regretful, how could I ever be so blind.
You were special.
I thought I'd never lose my mind.

Some are special

Speeding Up To Slow Down

If they calm you down,
then excite them
if they call you out,
then ignore them.

you're speeding up
you're speeding up
to slow down

when they all believe
you reject it.
when they all are for,
be against it.

you're speeding up
you're speeding up
to slow down

if they call you out
they-will tear you down
when your world falls in
then they'll leave you dry

you're speeding up
you're speeding up
to slow down
down, down, down ...

State Street of Mind

Come outside and we'll take a walk
you can laugh out loud no one will talk
go barefoot and never feel obscene
there's a girl over there by the windowsill
ad it looks like she got some time to kill
and she says "nothing ever matters and what if it did? "
but you don't think that its so strange
yeah and don't act so surprised
well she's quite content in a state street state of mind

there's a house next door where they never sleep
and there's music coming from up the street
its the song you know and so you sing the tune
and we try to talk above the den
about the world and the shape its in
and then we laugh
cause nothing seems to matter today
but don't think that that its so strange
and worthless in your eyes
well we're quite content in a state street state of mind

and the words speak the joy
that underlies the pain
the pain
the pain
the pain

well come outside and we'll take a walk
years fly by, the plans trail off
and you think of a time before you lost your way
and the music played and the man displayed
and the girl over there by the window would say
nothing really matters anyway
you don't think that its so strange
yeah you don't act so surprised
well she's quite content in a state street state of mind
and he's quite content in a state street state of mind
well we're all content in state street state of mind

Still Life With Cooley

Everybody talking saying you will be walking
this neighborhood will never be the same
you said we'd understand.
you found out what's happening now.
so we all sat down and you broke the news.

now daddy don't love her anymore.
it's still life with cooley
now daddy don't love her anymore.
it's just still life with cooley.

all your friends show on time.
they come in bringing red wine.
you said if it's over then we'll go in style.
you better best take care keep one hand to your ear
so you're not left hanging when they're finally gone.

whatcha' saying?
you're going to stay of at st. madigan's?
(reeled in again)
you're just fooling around fooling around

people hanging with their good friends
listening to those old songs.

now daddy don't love her anymore.
it's still life with cooley
now daddy don't love her anymore.
it's just still life
it's just still life with cooley

Strange Funny Way

Do you feel
that you know
long ago i should have stopped to let you know

and who am i
to reveal
now i wish i could have told you how i feel

i can see that now
that your long long gone
and your feet are tired
and now i won't look back but i know i'll miss your strange funny way
your strange funny way

did you think
i should remain
after all this time you know nothing has changed

there's a tree by the door
there's a dog in this house
its been locked up so long i guess i'll let it out

i can see that now
that your long long gone
your feet are tired
and now i won't look back but i know i'll miss your strange funny way
your strange funny way

here we go

well your long long gone
and your feet are tired
and now i won't look back but i know i'll miss your strange funny way
your strange funny way

Summerhouse

Down by the dock, hot blood in the sun.
the body lays up against the reeds.
the locals said, the man had it coming,
and it's time someone put him six feet in the ground.

where did she go that night?
where did she sleep when the morning came
to the summer house?

missus showed up to i.d. the body
then shed a tear as she hid a smile.
the sergeant laughed and smiled in frustration.
one life is lost while another one is found.

where did she go that night?
where did she sleep when the morning came
to the summer house?

Teenager

Listen to them fight.
hear your mother cry.
weekend at your dad's.
they don't know what they do to you.
teenager. teenager...

wrap yourself in black.
listen to the cure.
love line won't call back.
they don't know,
they don't care,
they don't see,
but i do.

and if it feels good do it.
and if it tastes fine drink.
well, there's a range of possibilities to find.
teenager. teenager...

no one knows your name.
no one hears your cry.
fall in with the fringe
because they know what you're going through.
they do.

and if it feels good do it.
and if it tastes fine drink.
well, there's a range of possibilities to find.
teenager. teenager...

no one's wrong,
no one's right.
it comes down on you.
and i have found, your life inside mine.

hear your mother cry
fade into the night.
when they ask you why,
they won't know, they won't feel,
they won't see,
but you will.

and if it feels good do it.
and if it tastes fine drink.
well, there's a range of possibilities to find.
teenager. teenager...

The Killer Inside

Well, she believes that i'd be better off without her.
and she believes in me.

well, she believes that time can make things right.
and i want to believe that there's been a change in me.

and i hope that she believes.
yes, i wonder if she sees the killer inside me.

the lights go down
and the clouds are building outside.
you close the door and turn the key,
but there's no place to hide.

and i hope that she believes.
yes, i wonder if she sees the killer inside me.

the killer inside me.
the killer inside me.
the killer inside...

The Loveless

Tell me I'm wrong,
You sense a little bit of change,
You knew all along there'd come a day you'd have to face.
I hear a loud voice in my head,
full of the things I never said.

[Chorus]
So tell me whose gonna love the loveless,
whose gonna love the loveless,
whose gonna love the loveless when you're gone.

What can I say, you pick this wreck up off the ground.
Your melody chased away all of the noise that kept us down.
I think you'll find they might've found,
when you're in need no one's around.

[Chorus]

If you wanna be in love,
if you wanna get free,
if you wanna get something for nothing then talk to me,
if you wanna get love,
if you wanna get free,
if wanna be something to someone then come to me.

[Chorus]

(if you wanna get free)
I said whose gonna love the loveless,
whose gonna love the loveless,
whose gonna love the loveless when you're gone.

(when you need someone)
So if you wanna get love,
if you wanna get free,
if you wanna get something for nothing then come to me.

Whose gonna love the loveless when you're gone.

This Time of Year

Well, there's a feeling in the air
just like a friday afternoon.
yeah, you can go there if you want
though it fades too soon.

so go on, let it be.
if there's a feeling coming over me,
seems like it's always understood this time of year.

well, i know there's a reason to change.
well, i know there's a time for us.
you think about the good times
and you live with all the bad.
you can feel it in the air,
feeling right this time of year.

well, there's a football in the air,
across a leaf blown field.
yeah, and there's your first car on the road,
and the girl you'd steal.

so go on with yourself
if there's a feeling that there's something else.
seems like it's always understood
this time of year.

well, i know there's a reason to change.
well, i know there's a time for us.
you think about the good times
and you live with all the bad.
you can feel it in the air,
feeling right this time of year.

well, there's a feeling in the air
just like a friday afternoon.
yeah, you can go there if you want
though it fades too soon.

so go on, let it be.
if there's a feeling coming over me,
seems like it's always understood this time of year.

well, i know there's a reason to change.
well, i know there's a time for us.
you think about the good times
and you live with all the bad.
you can feel it in the air,
feeling right this time of year

Tom Collins

Awe yeah
Awe yeah
Awe yeah
Awe yeah

Dusted out of the grey and blue
Hopelessly gone and then I met you, I said

CHORUS:
Awe yeah,
I've got a limousine
Awe yeah
You're right, but I can do better
Awe yeah
I got a summer shade, I'm drinking Tom Collins,
reading Henry Rollins again

Loaded full on the soul of you
Hapless when I saw you I thanked the holy mother

CHORUS:

CHORUS:

Awe yeah

Tremble

Well I'm watchin' Geraldo on TV
And I'm thinkin' about you and me
About you and me

But ya talk too much
And ya say too little
And ya think too hard
You were gonna tremble
Yet ya talk too much
And ya say too little
And ya think too hard
You were gonna tremble

Well you're dancing with the pole-ends and us
And I'm thinkin' about you and me
About you and me

Chorus

I believe in
I believe this thing
I can't take it anymore
This could be the end of something
This could be the start of something new
This could be the end of something...

Well I'm watchin' Geraldo on TV
And I'm thinkin' about you and me
About you and me

Chorus

Yet ya talk too much
And ya say too little
And your eyes are wide
You were gonna tremble

Turn Up The Bright Lights

It's a lot like falling
taking that the first step on to the street.
The whole night before you, spreading out
like a techni-colored dream.
So take this city into your arms and hold it like a kiss.
Don't it feel like flying, darling, what could be better than this.

Turn up the bright lights, light up the world tonight.
Shine like the stars shine above Ile Saint Louis.
Turn up the bright lights....

On a Paris morning, long before the sun was debt to rise.
Walking on the river, reflecting diamonds in your eyes.
so take this city and catch your breath, and listen to
yourself. Cause you move like music, darlin' in a moment you'll be gone.

Turn up the bright lights, light up the world tonight
shine like the stars shine. Turn on the mystery

Under You

Along the edges, colors blur at seem familiar.
while you read your magazine,
i was counting all the markers.

and california seemed to draw you like a siren
from a postcard, or a letter, in a frame of film melting.

but under you, i hear your breath move in, out slowly.
under you, let go completely feeling you take over me.

a hollywood flat where we'd laugh about our fortunes
well we held jobs in this bar down at 3rd and san vicente.
and ramen noodles at 4:30 in the morning,
when we barely could survive, i was never more alive.

under you, i feel your blood flowing out slowly.
under you, let go completely feeling you take over me

you moved in slow degrees
a sudden memory
you're a leonard cohen song

but every now and then i'd swear i see you standing on a sidewalk, in a
restaurant, from a taxi cab passing.

under you i feel you moving in/out slowly
under you let go completely feeling you take over me.

take over me

Use Me

(by Bill Withers)

My friends
feel its their appointed duty
they keep trying to tell me
all you want to do is use me
(ah ha) but my answer (ah ha)
yea to all the use me stuff

i-i-i and i wanna spread the news
that if it feels this good getting used
oh you just keep on using me
until you use me up
til you use me up

my brother
sit me right down and he talked to me
(oh oh) and he told me (ah ha)
that i ought not let you just walk on me
and i am sure he meant well
yeah but when that talk was through
i-i-i said brother if you only knew
you would wish that you were in my shoes
oh you just keep on using me
until you use me up
til you use me up

(oh oh) sometimes
yeah its true you really do abuse me
(oh) you get me in a crowd of high class people (ah ha)
and then you act real rude to me
yeah (ah ha) but oh baby baby baby baby
when you love me i can't get enough

(oh oh) and i wanna spread the news
that if it feels this good getting used
oh you just keep on using me
until you use me up
(ah) til you use me up

talking about you using me baby
it all depends on what you do
its ain't too bad the way your using me
cause i am sure am using you to do the things you do
ah to do the things you do

Wallflower

You were standing on the corner
when it all came crashing down
on your black shoes and your black hat
you pulled your black dress round
i suppose you should feel sorry
but i see you dressed in silk
with a double cappuccino
and it's topped with dry steamed milk
you know i guess you should feel sorry after all
but i'm not crying anymore

well do you forget who you are
when you're the last one in the bar
and then morning unfurls
on the wallflower
yeah yeah
wallflower girl
on the wallflower girl

well you're in and out and up and down and halfway in between
you're holly-go-lightly
yeah i heard you played that scene
well you say that you're an actress
and a painter on the side
and you used to read the tarot cards
but you don't like what you find
but i suppose we both know your future anyway
hey hey hey

now do you forget who you are
when you're the last one in the bar
and then morning unfurls
on the wallflower
yeah yeah
wallflower girl
on the wallflower girl

when you're climbing up a mountainside
well they say it hurts your ears when they pop
that's the price you pay now
for being on top

well the light is turning greener
then my thoughts are ringing true
and the reason that i'm so hard girl i see myself in you
and the mountain tops and the valleys
and the vantage points between
well you used to read the tarot cards
but you don't like what you've seen
but i suppose we both know your future anyway
hey hey hey

now do you forget who you are
when you're the last one in the bar
and then morning unfurls
on the wallflower
yeah yeah
wallflower girl
on the wallflower girl

Waxing or Waning?

You in your coat
writing a note,
"dear sal, i hope you'll agree..."

then catching a bus,
just after dusk,
a one way trip to the city.

a cold water flat.
a hot plate,
a hat.
the want ads are strewn on the floor.
and you get so mad, when your ma and dad
reflect when you look in the mirror.

but i see you there
nude at the top of the stairs
(but so far away)
and i recall all
your dreams and your schemes
moving me.
the plans that we made,
a street serenade

you can't be like your brother and mike,
content just to live and get by.
i hope that your fine,
at 13th and 9.
waxing or waning?
your call.

but i see you there
alight at the top of the stairs
but so far away
and i recall all your
hands and your plans moving me
the sense that it made
a street serenade

Winter Coats

Discarded, left behind
Paper-cups and sour wine
Candlewax, table cloth
Try to wash, it won't come off
Ticket stubs and movie scenes
Dustin Hoffman has gangrene
Ferris-wheel in the park
City lights after dark

Well I'm goin' home when I find the girl
Makes me forget what I should have done
In winter coats
In winter coats
In winter coats
In winter
Lives are fallin' fast in line
The words make sense
But they don't seem to rhyme

Risin' tide, ocean breeze
Crashin' waves, askin' please
Listen to the radio
Singin' with the songs you know
Time passing, memory fades
Forget about the plans we made
Decisions wrap the coat up tight
We keep it safe from the light

But I'm goin' home when I find the girl
Makes me forget what I should have not
In winter coats
In winter coats
In winter coats
In winter
Lives are fallin' fast in line
The words make sense
But they don't seem to rhyme

[Take it, Joel]

But I'm goin' home where I'll find the girl
That we won't forget what we should have not
In winter coats
In winter coats
In winter coats
In winter
Lives are fallin' fast in line
Our words make sense
But we don't seem to rhyme
We don't seem to rhyme
We don't seem to rhyme
We don't seem to rhyme

Wounded

i can't tell you why
the struggle to survive
falling so hard
and all my senses lie
i can't believe my eyes
keep on moving
with all the blood that i can give
i choose to live

(chorus)
tell me why we bother
hurting one another
with nothing left to gain
how do you explain
striking down my brother
lying to a lover
left with what remains
we are wounded
we are wounded

i can not disguise
the weight i feel inside
some great ocean
but if love could be blind
with no more compromise
what might happen
could you make the choice to live
or to forgive

(chorus)

We are wounded

With all the blood that I can give
With all the blood that I can give
I chose to live

(chorus)

We are wounded
We are wounded

WWOZ

WWOZ is on in stereo
a string of flowers haloed around your head
candle light
ceiling fan
curtains blow away and back again
back again
don't wake me, i think i'm in a dream

sleeping is easy
i used to lay in bed for hours
i've waited a lifetime now maybe i'll learn
calling back and forth through heavy air
the barges sound their warnings in the dark
peace comes like a trusted friend
as it starts to rain again fall away
fall away
so don't wake me, i think i'm in a dream

now sleeping is easy
i used to lay in bed for hours
i've waited a lifetime now maybe i'll learn
sleeping is easy
i used to walk the streets for hours.
i've waited a lifetime now maybe i'll learn

let go of you fear, let's grow old together
find a place along the way
let's reel through the years
each makes the other better.
but what thoughts can i call allies
when this circle of ribs keeps working on its own?

WWOZ's on in stereo. well it's on in stereo