Once you've drawn the line, you can't think twice
You would never take your own advice
Skating on a grave that's paved with ice
You step into the light
How can I be sure if this is a sure thing
I'm so tangled up in puppeteers' strings
Once you've crossed the line
You're stepping into
Breaking horses, raising cain, heading for the hills
The best day ever just got better, it gets better still
Once you've crossed the line you can't let go
Never go out, I have been alone
Skating on a grave that's made of stone
You step into the light
You better be sure that this is a sure thing
As a puppet on a string
Once you've crossed the line
You're stepping into
Breaking horses, raising cain, heading for the hills
The best day ever just got better, it gets better still
Once you've crossed the line, you can't think twice
You're looking out of
Chasing sirens, red lights change
No time left to kill
Waving flags of fine drawn lines
Find a cheaper thrill
This is a sure thing
Once you've crossed the line
You step into the light
You step into the light
Breaking horses, raising cain heading for the hills
The best day ever just got better, it gets better still
Waving flags of macho life (much of your life)
They say misery loves company
We could start a company
And make misery, Frustrated Incorporated
I know just what you need
I might just have the thing
I know what you'd pay to see
Put me out of my misery
I'd do it for you, Would you do it for me?
We will always be busy, making misery
We could build a factory, and make misery
We'll create the cure, we made the disease
Frustrated Incorporated, Frustrated Incorporated
I know just what you need
I might just have the thing
I know what you'd pay to feel
Put me out of my misery
Suicide kings and drama queens
Forever after happily making misery
Did you satisfy your greed, get what you need
Was it only envy, so empty
Frustrated incorporated...
I'd do it for you, would you do it for me?
whoaaaaaa!
I want blood
Southwest go home
I'm desperate to make love
whoaaaaaa!
desperate?
Southwest go home
I'm desperate to make love
whooooaaaa!
I was tapping my foot on a Friday night
To my favorite band I was pushed aside
I said ";hey don't push me no one pushes me";
When I was face to face with the woman I admired
And she gave me this look I could not believe
And the cold stare remained; I wanted to leave
See, I do believe anger is offset by sorrow
But you destroy today you might regret tomorrow
When you're young and defensive it comes off offensive
And it's hard to repay the tolerance that you borrowed
The lasting relationship sinks right off the pier
Who wears the pants; it's faded but clear
She's your girlfriend, seems she ain't too fond of me
I guess if that's the way it was meant to be
There we were, just we three
You, your girlfriend, and me
I've known you forever, you two just met
So easily amused; how fast we forget
In my jealously, my self-righteous greed
She's a bit like a book I'm too far sighted to read
And I wish you the best, I sometimes feel the need
To say remember me
She's your girlfriend, as far as we can see
Does she look at you the way she looks at me
And here we are, just we three
You, your girlfriend, and me
She's your girlfriend, it's getting harder to see
Better just take her home, better just let her be
When she walks out that door, you'll come looking for me
Shouldn't' a got so loaded
Damn near exploded
Oh Lord, you know, I should'a known it
Whatever the price is, whatever the crisis
Oh please don't leave me to my own devices
Please don't leave me to my own devices
Oh please don't leave me to my own devices
She was a pretty good waitress
Said she waited on Elvis
Said she talks too much
Please don't leave me to my own devices
Oh please don't leave me to my own devices
Save it up for a rainy day
It just rained yesterday
Whatever the price is, whatever the crisis
Oh please don't leave me to my own devices
Please don't leave me to my own devices
Oh please don't leave me to my own devices
Tell me how you get that shine?
You must polish all the time
Though I know your job is thankless
They will thank you up in Heaven
Oh, the sun maid
Looking for the shade
Though they say she's not too bright
She takes care of all the light
Without you it's cold and stark
We would all be in the dark
Without the sun maid
She never gets paid
Searching for the shade
Oh the sun maid
You are so taken for granted
With each and every seed that's planted
And the earth is so demanding
All the young girls are out tanning
With the sun maid
She's such an old maid
She never gets laid
Oh the sun maid
Now you're tired, your day is over
AAA So you think I got a problem
You think its all to clear
Got fucking mental of disorder
Wheres the fucking order around here?
Im a spacehead im not a stupid head
I am a space head just open minded
Spacehead(x2)
Why when I cry do I hang my head down low?
How do you move so fast but think so slow?
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I hang my head the way I let it flow
Im a spacehead im not a stupid head
I am a space head just open my head
Dancin in the ?light? and the teacher says Im a space head
Smokin in hte church and the preacher says Im a space head
The books are burning fast(x2)
I bet you know just what Im saying
Maybe Iam saying something else
The next decision that you make is probaly gonna be a big mistake
Im a space head. Can I open up your head?
Im a space head
Im just open minded
Space head(x9 to a fade)
Follows me wherever we go, undermining all that we know
Suddenly starts thinkin' been fooled from the beginnin'
When the cause is lost you find there is no point in winnin'
Then it's hard to think straight when your head it keeps on spinnin'
If I lost my mind, would you help me find it?
Maybe it's you, maybe it's me
Things aren't quite the way they should be
And now it seems my peace of mind has come up for the biddin'
All those I respect and trust I guess they were just kiddin'
And they will say it's me who's lost, and as you sit there grinnin'
My little world has lost control but still it keeps on spinnin'
If I lost my mind, would you help me find it?
If I lost my mind I wouldn't have to be reminded
If I lost my mind I'm not sure I would mind
Sroll away the chains that wrap around me
Wipe the spider webs from my eyes
Tumble down the tall walls that surround me
I won't need no lies no alibis
My new feeling
New feeling (x5)
Daydreams screams
They just don't seem so far away
No I'm not possessed by my possessions
Lift my head to clear my right to die
You're in love with your evangelist investment
I don't need an alibi
My new feeling
New feeling (x5)
Daydreams screams
They just don't seem so far away
My head's like a wrecking ball and you look like a wall
Mopping up the tears that fill your eyes
This is my life, my right and that's not all
I just laughed my head off and cried
When I'm with my friends my troubles end
I'm one of the boys, so self employed
When we're together, could last forever
And I'm almost there
I'm away from the boss, at least for awhile
I'm away from the girls that cramp my style
I'm away from the jerks, I'm away from the works
And I'm almost there, I'm almost thereAnd it's happy time, happy, happy time
It's happy time, happy time, happy time
Got a happy head, so happy, happy time
I wish I could be this happy all the time
I'll take one of those, and four of those
And more of those, and more of those
I'm away from the jerks, I'm away from the works
And I'm almost there, I'm almost there
Jesus was a hippy
Peace and Love was all he was about
That's why they killed him
Sad shit something people can't figure out
Now the same folks who worship him are the ones who would have cheered at the
Crucifixion
They got no conviction
It doesn't matter if the man was fact or fiction.
Nixon was a liar
It's the one thing believed to be true
But Tricky Dick was not a crook
Whatever that means
Whatever presidents do
The mirror on the wall it tells no lies
And oh I don't like what I see
I see a woman there I watch her as she cries
And the woman isn't really me
But every day I get up, calm down, give up, hang around
Look for you, hold me, tender, set me free
I need to feel you put your hands around me
Day in, day out it's the same old story
You're out there on your own
Is he worth the price you pay
Got you in his chains
Will he set you free someday
I wish I didn't feel this way I can't get nothing done
And all I want to do is go to sleep
Though I lie in bed for hours I cannot close my eyes
And lonely days turn into lonely weeks
But every day I get up, calm down, give up, hang around
Look for you, tender, hold me, set me free
I need to feel you put your hands around me
Day in, day out, it's the same old storyYou're out there on your own
Is he worth the price you pay
Got you in his chains
Will he set you free someday
Every now and then I think things might be all right
And I think I see a light beyond the door
Just as I approach it disappears again
And everything seems darker than before
But every day I get up, calm down, give up, hang around
Look for you, hold me, tender, set me free
I need to feel you put your hands around me
Day in, day out, it's the same old story
You're out there on your own
Is he worth the price you pay
Got you in his chains
Will he set you free someday
Now everybody's looking after me
If I'm dragging by some coat tail
I can't see it's too dark
But I've got to know what's got the best of me
When the circus that you left goes on parade
And those things you see seem so far in your charade
Too far, but I'm feeling like I don't dare look away
Don't look away
Did it almost make you feel
That something's got to happen soon
When you wake up feeling lost in your own room?
If you're crying in your beer you're gonna drown
If you think we'll rise above, you'd better look around
You'll see
It's a mountain made of sand crumbling under me
Maybe I'm chasing shadows on your wall
They loom so large but make me feel so small, so hard
When you're chasing your own tail in your own wheels
And a time to leave
(Time's tickin' away, time's tickin' away)
And a time to stay, I guess the things I look away
Did it almost make you feel that something's gotta happen soon
You're in the movies now and I'm in your cartoon
There's a ringing in my ears that's heaven sent
There's a beast out on the ruins, some broken down lover's lament
Long distance information, ring me 608
Laughing at the other end
get me my prescription, come and walk my dog
please get me anything
You can't seal fate with a kick
You should know it doesn't work that way
As for your lofty aspirations
You couldn't give them all away (throw away)
Those precious things that juist don't last (throw away)
Everybody's been cut like broken glass
Long distance information sounds like broken glass
Just how long is all of this really gonna last
Get someone I used to know
In another place of time
Please please me
You've been places I'll never go
Begged the questions I'll never know
You've had so many arms around you
This time you've hit an all-time low
So many things just don't last
So many things like broken glass
I don't own you but I know you're mine
Never disown you, never treat you unkind
But once in a while, you get on my nerves
Once in a while, you get what you deserve
I need you ninety-nine percent of the time
Ninety-nine percent of the time (x3)
If I asked you what's on your mind
Would you say me, would they be thoughts unkind
But once in a while, I'm not myself
Once in a while, I think you're someone else
I want you ninety-nine percent of the time
Ninety-nine percent of the time (x3)Let's move in together
Happily ever after
I can't touch you but you feel so f*cking fine
Let's just stay like this and waste some more time
Once in a while, you get in my way
Once in a while, you know I've got to say
I love you ninety-nine percent of the time
Ninety-nine percent of the time (x3)
Doorways open up and close
More ways to a punchline
They're all laughing at your clothes
Standing in the lunch line
You're the talk of the town
'Cause you're up and you're down
It's a cycle, I've found
It always comes around
But I will still be laughing
Yes, I will still be laughing
Air raids in the afternoon
The children are playing
Switchblades, colored red balloons
No one hears your praying
And it comes back to you
All the things that you do
Will come looking for you
Will come looking for you
But I will still be laughing
Yes, I will still be laughing
Doorways lead to other rooms
Always leave you lying
Face down in a stranger's tomb
Didn't know you were dying
And you rise and you fall
And you wait for the call
You're watching the walls
You're watching the walls
But I will still be laughing
I will still be laughing
Yes, I will still be laughing
I will still be laughing
Laughing, laughing, laughing
I will still be laughing
Yes, I will still be laughing
It's a second hand story no one wants to hear
And it's wet with blood, salted with tears
It's black and white and red all over
Happens all the time
This was something about an artificial heart
She lived in a sleepy town trailer home park
Where not many people go out after dark
Innocent helpless at 17
Queen of every loser's wet dream
Which brings us to our villain but a mother could love
He liked amputation and the Lord above
He kidnapped her on her way home from school
She lost her mind, he lost his coolShe didn't tell him about the artificial heart
?? then some kid found her head
Then an arm and a leg and you know the rest they said
The artificial heart it was still beating
With a needle and a thread they sewed on her head
She's alive and well like she was never dead
She doesn't remember the day she didn't die
Or how everybody cried
She read a story in the paper how she was victimized
And you should have seen the look in her eyes
Her assailant was acquitted and as she read
I swear she laughed off her head
It's a shame you're not here
On the cross, in my ear
Hearing things loud and clear
Come outside have no fear
And clear the smoke, get some fresh air
Someone waits, someone cares
In the broad light of day
Trouble seems so far away
And at the top of the day
When the reign sways
Lose the cradle chain
Give it up, give it a name
The child that remains
Nothing's lost, take these chains
Take them away
Please don't ask me how I am
A little tired, little scared
I'm not amused, not upset
Don't need a leash, I'm not your pet
So loosen up, feel the breeze
Let me hear, hear you breathe
It's better than, bitter now
When you breathe I love that sound
But you know I'll look after
You like no one
Lose the cradle chain
Give it up, give it a name
The child that remains
Nothing's lost, take these chains
Take them away
If I die before I wake
Light a fuse, bake a cake
I don't mind if I go
Make it quick, don't be slow
But you know I'll remember
You like no one
Lose the cradle chain
Give it up, give it a name
The smile that remains
Almost gave up yesterday
Almost made it to the top
Short of dying just the other day
Fell short of picking up a mop
If it's the thought that counts you can always count on me
I think about it all the time
It's going to hit me like a bolt of white lightning
Here it comes, my peace of mind
'Cause I'm close, so close, so close
I'm close, so close, so close
Falling short of proving it
Just a hair from the truth
Little shy of improving it
Here I come, I'm coming through
Pretty soon I'm going to shed this skin I'm wearing
I've been keeping it inside
No one cares just how you got there
No one cares how hard you've tried
But you're close, so close, so close
You're close, so close, so close
Well, I've known you forever
We complete each other's thoughts
Ain't like we never got in trouble
It's just we've never gotten caught
And if you've got a secret
It's in me you can confide
And if we ever get split up
I'll always be on your side
'Cause we're close, so close, so close
We're close, so close, so close
Why don't you go home, crawl into your hole
Why don't you go home, spend some time alone
In the corner, I looked across the room
To other corner, I knew I'd be there soon
Caged rat, caged rat
Caged rat, caged rat
Caged rat, caged rat
Rat, caged rat
Caged rat, caged rat
Caged rat, caged rat
Corner, in the corner
In the corner, I looked across the room
I knew I'd be there soon, in the corner
Caged rat, caged rat
Caged rat, caged rat
Caged rat, caged rat
Rat, caged rat
Caged rat, caged rat
Caged rat, caged rat
Why don't you go home, crawl into your hole
Why don't you go home, spend some time alone
From the corner I looked across the room
To the other corner, I knew I'd be there soon
Caged rat, caged rat
Caged rat, caged rat
Caged rat, caged rat
Rat, caged rat
Caged rat, caged rat
Quittin' after one more last one
Tired of playin' the clown
If I want your opinion, I'll ask you
I can get myself down
Night drivin' without headlight
Wearin' sunglasses too
Lookin' good but sure don't feel right
Anything to be cool
Doin' hopscotch with my legs tied
Jumpin' rope in wet cement
Black leather in midday sunshine
All your mother's money's spent
Doin' time on the metal detector
Like to drown in your pool
Coverin' up everything that's defective
Anything to be cool
A burning heart could be so cool
Won't you be my fashion victim?
Come on, I'm an April fool for you
Holdin' on to what's left of real life
Anything to be cool
Anything to be cool
Anything to be cool
Anything to be cool
Burning heart like an April fool
Won't you be my fashion victim?
Come on, I'm your April fool
I'm a mid-spring snowfall, joke's on you
I'm an April fool for you
I'm an April fool for you
I'm an April fool
I'm an April fool for you
I'm an April fool
I'm an April fool for you
I said, "Hey, brown girl, I seen your tears through the window
Of the junk shop downtown"
Sellin' trinkets from your far off homeland
Did the Promised Land let you down?
I said "Hey, young boy, I notice that you ain't afraid to walk next to me
Old man, you look like you're dying
Is that all you want is a quarter from me?"
Oh, you know, sometimes I feel like a stranger, I feel like a stranger
I'm just another face in a faceless crowd
I'm just another king in a headless crown
I'm so alone, you know, I live here in this city
But this place, it just ain't nobody's home
Now how many times do I got to tell you?
There's no such thing as a man made world
And how many times I got to tell you?
There's no such thing as a man-tamed girl
Sometimes I feel like a stranger, I feel like a stranger
I want to buy some flowers for my mother, if I only had a mother
You see, I, I got a happy family, but that's, oh, so far away
Oh, I've got it all here inside me, but I just can't seem to get it out
But I know that with a little imagination
We can work this whole goddamn thing out
Streets are filled with broken glass
You get buried by the past
And give me just a little taste
Lay this mess to waste, take me home
My mind is racing take me home
My body's aching so alone
I'll make you want to stay with me
Befriended by the enemy, one more time
And every little thing about this tells me
Nothing out there is ever gonna help me
All these words that I hear spoken
Just promises broken now
Looking outside from my window sill
Throw another coin in the wishing well
Never find what you're looking for
Fifteen miles, your dim light shines from so far away
Your sad smile is all I see when I say
That every little thing about this tells me
Nothing out there is ever gonna help me
And all these words that I hear spoken
Just promises broken now
From the hotel satellite
Don't look like you're living right
Here's a deal you can't refuse
You ain't got as much to lose
Can you tell your troubles to
Someone who won't laugh at you, it's all right
As I watch you walk away
Hope a part of you would stay and it's all right
And every little thing about this tells me
Nothing out there is ever gonna help me
All these words that I hear spoken
You make me fall from
Lies of hate
You make these walls from
Lines of a face
Nobody's watching
So why do you act like a fake
You make me crawl from
Lies of hate
You wake me up from
The lines that separate
And when you shine
I know how to find out about
How to get out of it
How to get out of this chase
How to get out of it
How to get out of it
How to get out of this place
You make me fall from
Lies of hate
And when you shine
I know how to find out about
How to get out of it
How to get out of this chase
How to find out about
How to get out of it
How to get out of your space
How to get out of it
How to get out of it
How to get out of this place
How to find out about
How to go out without
If I could be anything I wanted
I don't know but, oh
I'd be stuck here with myself
Be an Average Joe
But if I could be like a Jack of all trades
Yes, I'd have it made
Glass blower, flamethrower
Grass mower, firefighter
I'm tryin' to loosen up
Or make it tighter
But a Jack of all trades master, I'm not dead
You're tired in bed
But a Jack of all trades, there's stuff that gets made
Wait for your lucky day
See my trade and now it's gone
Brings the dam to the bone
He's shuddering, he stalls
He hid the bottle of call
Ching chase, rat race, lay down
And out of place and down the hall
Problem called, na, na
Problem called, na, na, na
Yes, I'll try anything sometimes, I just can't say no
And I'm tryin' to dig with my hands
I've learned to work with my mind
So much to lose and so much left to find
So much to take, so much to leave behind
Ya, walk down thoughts are free
You don't think of the dead, you think of dignity
Picked you up by the side of your head, you were half dead
Say your prayers and put you to to bed
At the end of the day stands a Jack of all trades
And the fool he has made
It's a Jack of all trades and the fool he has made
Of himself and his friend
But you'd do it again, yes, he'd do it again
You never grow out of mischief making
You never grow out of taking
You never grow out of complicating
When simple things are waiting
But I'm growing into you
I'm growing into you
There's one thing that I know that's perfectly clear
You never grow out of fear
You never grow out of fear
You never grow out of contemplating
When it ain't worth debating
You never grow out of mistake making
You never grow out of faking
But I'm growing into you
I'm growing into you
There's one thing that I know that's perfectly clear
You never grow out of fear
You never grow out of fear
I'm growing into you
I'm growing into you
There's one thing that I know that's perfectly clear
You never grow out of fear
You never grow out of fear
You never grow out of fear
You never grow out of fear
You never grow out of fear
And will I ever, ever, ever get over it?
Easy Street, on Easy Street
On Easy Street, on Easy Street
Did you hear the one about the friend of a friend
Who tried to end it all?
At the last moment, he picked up the phone
And gave you a call
You thought about letting it ring
But you answered after all
You answered after all
You answered after all
And there you were, put on the spot
At the end of the other line
For other questions that you never thought
You'd ever have to answer to
Who do you turn to when the ones
You always turn to, go and turn on you
It leaves you in the dark
Feeling for a switch to turn it on again
To turn it on again
Turn it on again
There are no easy answers
The questions remain tough
There's no shortcuts to Easy Street
No corners you can cut
Can you cut this?
Can you cut this diamond in the rough?
And it's good to see you alive
Sign your will to survive
A look into your heart before it sees its final hour
Lived each day like there is no tomorrow
Beyond this mess ahead there is a street
So very hard to find
Though I have got to lay my head down
At this dead end so many times
And if we ever get to Easy Street
You can say with a smile
I came just for the ride
Easy Street, on Easy Street
On Easy Street, on Easy Street
Easy Street, on Easy Street
On Easy Street, on Easy Street
Easy Street, on Easy Street
On Easy Street, on Easy Street
I may never get what I want
But I'm happy just to die trying
And I hope, I ain't done nobody wrong
But I miss you smiling
And I'm looking for a cure 'cause I'm bored to tears
And I'm stuck in here, stuck out here, stuck in here
We lived through another day
It's a good excuse to celebrate
Take a number knock on wood
We'll find a reason to feel good
I know you know I wanna know how I feel
I can't even tell
I can't even tell
I can't even tell
No one knows nothing about me
I'm guessing I'll just keep 'em guessing
No one sees what I see
This is my blessing
And I'm looking for a way to get out of here
Get me out of here, out of here, out of here
We lived through another day
It's a good excuse to celebrate
Take a number knock on wood
Find a reason to feel good
I know you know you wanna know how I feel
I can't even tell
I can't even tell
I can't even tell
I'm out of here, out of here, out of here
I know you know I want to know how I feel
I can't tell
I know you know I'll tell you if it's real
It sounded like a bell
I can't even tell
Baby I know you lovin', I'm hot just like an oven
And baby, I can't hold it much longer
It's getting stronger and stronger
And when I get that feeling
I want sexual healing, sexual healing, baby
Makes me feel so fine helps to relieve my mind
Sexual healing baby, is good for me
Sexual healing is something that's good for me
Whenever blue tear drops are falling
And my emotional stability is leaving me
Honey, I know there is one thing I can do
I can get on the telephone I can call you up baby
'Cause honey I know you'll be there to relieve me
'Cause love you give me will free me
If you don't know the things you're dealing
I can tell you, darling, that it's sexual healing
Get up, get up, get up, get up, let's make love tonight
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, 'cause you do it right
Baby I got sick this morning
A storming inside of me
Baby I think I'm capsizing
The waves are rising and rising
When I get that feeling, I want sexual healing
Sexual healing baby is good for me
Makes me feel so fine, it's such a rush
Helps to relieve the mind, and it's good for us
Sexual healing, baby, is good for me
Sexual healing is something that's good for me
And it's good for me and it's good to me, my baby
Just grab a hold juts take control
Of my body and mind soon we'll be making it
Honey, oh we're feeling fine
You're my medicine open up and let me in
Darling, you're so great, I can't wait for you to operate
I can't wait for you to operate
When I get that feeling, I want sexual healing
When I get that feeling, I want sexual healing
Oh the west
Where the men were mean
The women were scarce
And the sheep were mighty nervous
You know I'm just a cowboy
But I got no place to go
There's no more ranges for me to ride
They got rid of those 60, 70 years ago
Stop,
Look where you're going
You're not going anywhere
People everywhere
New hairstyles
_________________________
I ain't got nowhere
Nowhere to go
Sometimes I feel so
So all alone
I ain't got nowhere
Nobody's home
I need a fix and I'm oh so aloneYou _____________________
Easier said than done
I want you to make up your mind
Don't bother telling me when you're done
Are you all done?
I ain't got nowhere
Nowhere to hide
Sometimes I wish I could see the other side
I ain't got nowhere
Nowhere to go
I'm coming down and I'm oh so alone
Mine is a lonely one, I forgot to have fun, standing under the street light
Ever so nervously, people lookin' down on me, telling me it's all right
If it were up to me I'd tear down this whole city, what's all this sh*t here for?
I give you my heart, but you just say I make you feel like a whore
All this trouble just to die, all this trouble's only temporary, it's temporary, temporary
Took away his power but he hides a tiny flower in the corner of his jail cell
Never been outside he just can't hide, he'd just assume be in hell
Get off the f*cking telephone, why'd you hate to be alone, paranoid of death and love
Ever so patiently we sit upon our sinking ship waiting for the black dove
All this trouble just to die, all this trouble's only temporary, it's temporary, temporary
Sad that I could make it, glad that I could fake, sorry but I got to go
I ain't afraid of cryin', ain't afraid of dyin'. ain't afraid of what I don't know
I've been vindicated
I've been loved and hated
I've been pulled aside and told that life was overrated
No, I don't believe it
I just can't conceive it
I can write all night but in the morning I can't read it
Oh no, don't know what's the matter
Stuck up on a ladder, scared of coming down
If I don't get what I want
And there ain't enough to go around
I become oblivious to the obvious
Just ridiculous
As I flip the pages
You're a time that's ageless
In between us lies a calm before the storm that rages
Though we were related
Couldn't be separated
Tried to get ahead but only got decapitated
If I don't get what you want
And you don't get what I need
We become oblivious to the obvious
Just dysfunctional
Shut down, shut down, shut down
When I can't keep from getting down
And I grow tired of hangin' 'round
I become invisible, unlivable
Just dysfunctional
When you chew my ear off, try and let me know
You will never get another piece of me
'Cause in a New York blackout things go kinda slow
And you miss the things you never thought you'd see
There's still so many things I want to be
Sometimes I just don't even want to sleep
In a New York blackout, it's so hard to see
All the angels that are looking after me
The lies bounce off the water in your eyes
And the dead lift their heads and come alive
And I may never escape this darkened city
But still I'm trying to find you in this blackout
Where it's warm inside and always open late
And the doors to hell look just like heaven's gate
And you never know what's going on inside
'Til you step out in the cold and seal your fate
And you might just stop in and say hello
But you've got much more important places to go
Make sure you let everybody know
That I may never enlight this darkened city
Still I'm trying to find you in this blackout
In this blackout, in this blackout
In a New York blackout, you might think I'm gone
Why can't you say you'll talk to me
You're already thinking about someone else.
When he comes home you'll be in his arms and I'll be gone
But you know my day will come I know someday I'll be the only one
So now you wait for a spark you know it will turn you on
He's gonna make you feel the way you want to feel
When he starts to lie when he makes you cry.
You know I'll be there my day will come I know someday I'll be the only one
My day will come. I know someday I'll be the only one
Call me selfish call me what you'd like. You think it's right
To want someone for all your own and not to share her love
If I have my way you won't have a say anyway
But I've got to you don't stand a chance
So now you wait for a spark you know it will turn you on
he's gonna make you feel the way you want to feel.
When he starts to lie when he makes you cry
you know I'll be there my day will come I know someday
I'll be the only one. My day will come. I know someday I'll
Be the only one
Now you want perfection to your self-destruction
You don't know what you want it's gonna take you years to find out
I'm not giving up when you've had enough you take your
Bruised head and come running back to me you know that I'm gonna
Be the only one.
Now you're mad and leaving home
'Cause you say there's no one there for you to talk to
Isn't it nice to go outside
When you know there is no place you have to walk to
You can live alone inside a crowded room
And it's never, never too late, never too soon
Put on your frown to go downtown
You have come a long long way
Even though you have no idea where you're going
You ain't done a godamn thing all afternoon
Your confidence is sinking like a lead balloon
And it's never, never too late, never too soon
I can't come down I can't come down
I can't come down I can't come down
I can't go on I can't go on
It's not like I'm asking you to hold up the sky
All the things you held so high
Are you surprised to find that now they add to nothing
Now you're growing old and bored
Do you think that maybe you could teach me something
There is nothing that you really can assume
And it's never, never too late, never too soon
Now you're mad I know you're mad
Now you're mad I know you're mad
Why don't you just tell someone
It's not like you're the only one
It's not like I'm asking you to hold up the sky
I can teach you how to drive
You can teach me how to lie
Hush my darling don't you cry
Floatin' down the river
With a saturated liver
And I thought I would forgive her
But I do believe she meant it
When she told me to forget it
And I bet she will regret it
When they find me in the morning wet and drowned
And the word gets 'round
Goin' down
I'm Goin' down
Coming' up for air
It's pretty stuffy under there
I'd like to say I didn't care
But I forgot to leave a note
And it's so hard to stay afloat
I'm soakin' wet without a boat
And I knew I should have taken off my shoes
It's front page news
Goin' down
I'm goin' down
I wish I had another drink
It wouldn't be so hard to sink
I should have taken time to think
Besides I got the picture straight
She must have had another date
I didn't need this extra weight
I wish that I could see the way to shore
Don't want no more
Goin' down
I'm goin' downAnd now I see the life I led
I slept it all away in bed
I should have learned to swim instead
And now it's really got me stumped
I can't believe why I jumped
I'd like to get my tummy pumped
I can't believe they drink this stuff in town
This dirty brown
Goin' down
I'm goin' down
I wish I looked before I leaped
I didn't know it was so deep
Been down so far I don't get wet
Haven't touched the bottom yet
This river scene is gettin' old
I'm hungry, sleepy, wet and cold
She told me to forget it nice
I should have taken her advice
I only want to go back home
I'd gladly leave that girl alone
What a way to spend the night
If I don't drown, I'll die of fright
My pappy taught me how to float
But I can't swim a single note
He threw me in to teach me how
I stayed there floatin' like a mama cow
And now I've floated way down stream
I know this has to be a dream
If I could find my way to shore
I'd never, never do this anymore
I'll give you three, I've been down nine
I'm goin' down just one more time.
Goin' down.
I'm goin' down.
Now the sky is gettin' light
And everything will be alright
Think I finally got the knack
Just floatin' here lazy on my back
I never really liked that town
I think I'll ride the river down
Just movin' slow and floatin' free
There's a river swingin' under me.
Waving back to the folks on shore
I should have thought of this before
I'm floatin' on down to New Orleans
Goin' to pick up on some swingin' scenes
I know I'll know a better day
I'll go down groovin' all the way
Goin' down
Goin' down
Protect and serve, slice my nerve
Gotta make sure everybody's gonna get what they deserve
Make my plea, I'm down on my knees
Street cowboy with a badge that says can do what you please
Do what you please, do what you please, do what you please
Rape me, take me, shine your lights so I can't see
Holsters, guns and uniform just don't impress
Blood stained streets, he still looks neat
Somebody's cryin' for help and he's breaking up my party
Please stop breathing down my neck
Took away something that's mine, I want you to give it back
You gotta give it back, now give it back
Walk across my face with your shiny shoes
Bow down to the badge and colors black and blue
It's a blue night, he rides tonight, a show of strength, a polished fight
Take me home, cuz I'm not alone, I'm not alone
The squads breakin' down, but you misjudged power
Get your handcuffs ready, cuz we're coming in numbers
I'm sick of that song about how you lost your lover
Sick of that song about how you hate your mother
Sick of that song laced with useless solutions
I'm sick of that song about how you look at life
Sick of that song about how you beat your wife
Sick of that song about sha na blah blah
I'm sick of that song about sex and drugs and rock
Sick of that song about how you love your cock
Sick of that song about your bitchin' bad luck
Sick of that song about all those women you f*ck
I'm sick of that song
Wanna see you in my rearview mirror
Out on the freeway freeway
Nobody said it would be easy
Freeway freeway
Take me back to _______________
I can't change the time and
I can't change your mind
But I gotta find a freeway
You're on my way
On my way
Leeway I need a little leeway
Got to get some space around and ??
Leeway leeway
Make the best of nothing left for me
I can't find the time
Gotta see what I can find
Out on the freeway
You're on my way
On my wayI'm not talking
Someday someday
I ain't waiting around for someday
Someday someday
I'm gonna get away from all this someday
I can't change the time and
I can't change your mind
You're on my way
On my way
The sun's creeping up and stomping on my dreams
Works all right, party's fine, but sleeping is my scene
The traffic inside your head is tearing you apart
Stick your fingers down my throat and grab on to my heart
And I'm walking a little closer
Gonna rise up, take you away,
Sunday's just another day
Her eyes shine like oceans, her skin is like the earth
Suck the life out of her, you better take her for what she's worth
No free ride, this bus is going charter
So get up off you ass and try a little harder, try a little harder
Walkin' a little closer
I'm hung up on a wire so thin,
tearing out what's been trapped in
My puppet strings, been pulled too tight
I can see the real me's going to be a bloody fight
I'm your Voodoo doll don't you hear my call
Trying so hard to forget, got my bottles, got my pills, got my TV set
I'm imprisoned by my passion, i;m a slave to my trade
How can you be so possessed by the profit that's been made
I live for love where love's insane, I need to numb to ease the pain
When the end begins again, needles, needles, I'm sticking them in
I'm your Voodoo doll, heed my call
I'm strung out on pretty, pretty girls, I forgot about the rest of the world
Pots and pans and good free sex my wife she is the best
If I get bored of her I'll have a family and get into incest
I live for love where love's insane, I need to numb to ease the pain
When the end begins again, needles, needles, I'm sticking them in
Think your thoughts, confirm your petty doubts,
The spell is cast in broken glass your time is running out
You're just a prisoner, sweet prisoner, you're just imprisoned by your own devices
Come on out and bleed some blood and solve this f*cking crisis
I live for love where love's insane, I need to numb to ease the pain
When the end begins again, needles, needles, I'm sticking them in
Voodoo doll, don't you hear my call
The big old world doesn't seem so f*cked up when I'm f*cked up too
Voodoo doll, don't you hear my call
Caterpillar crawling up the big phone pole
Is there somebody that you want to talk to?
You know that pretty soon you'll be able to fly
How is this going to affect you?
Do you think it might wreck you?
Your friends might reject you
Say you took it too far
You said you want to be want to be want to be want to be
Hooked on glossy pictures and drugs I've never seen
We'll treat you with advice from a fashion magazine
One day she just walked into that magazine
I wonder if she'll ever come back
And they all said she would crack
They said her mind was one track,
Said she took it too far
You said you want to be want to be want to be want to be
Closer to the stars
Every time you move your lips
Let me give you a few tips
Yesterday you were too young
Tomorrow you will be too old
To regret all the things you've done who're you trying to hustle?
Somebody you wanna show your muscle?
Second hand excuses never went too far
What's this scene you're making?
Your ideas have been taken
We'll seek when you awaken alone in someone's car
You just stood there shaking, stood there shaking
They said you were faking
You said you want to be want to be want to be want to be
Closer to the stars
Early one morning while making my rounds
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my baby down
I shot her down and then I went to bed
I stuck that lovin' Forty-four beneath my head
Late the next morning I grabbed my gun
I took a shot of cocaine and away I run
I made a good run, but I run too slow
They overtook me down is Juarez, Mexico
I was in the hot joint takin the pill
In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
He said ";Willy Lee, your name is not Jack Brown.
";You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down.";
Yes, so my name is Willy Lee
If you got a warrant you better read it to me
I shot her down cause she made me sore
I thought I was her daddy, but she had five more
When I was arrested I was dressed in black
They stuck me on a freight train and they hauled me back
I had no friend to throw my bail
So they stuck my dried up carcas in the county jail
The next morning bout half past nine
I saw a sheriff walking down the line
The sheriff said as he cleared his throat
";Comon you dirty hack into the district court.";
The next morning my trial began
Where I was judged by twelve honest men
And as the jury started walking out
I saw that little judge commence to look about
In bout five minutes in walked a man
Holding the verdict in his right hand
The verdict said in the first degree
I cried, Oh lord, please have mercy on me
The judge smiled as he picked up his pen
";Ninety nine years in the San Quentin Penn!";
Ninety nine years underneath that ground
I wont forget the day I shot that bad bitch down
Comon you hotheads listen up to me
Stay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be...
Nail myself way up high and I'm gonna die for you
The mother offers up the child to the preaching of channel two
The empires rise and the babies cry, when is the lesson to be learned
And all I hear is the commercials and now the crosses are gonna burn
Now I ain't gonna be the cure to wash away your sins
Why so the children have to pay for the poor planning that you did
No matter how loud you scream and cry you're gonna be sentenced to suffer
You married your life and you married you wife and now you're gonna have to
learn to love her
But can you love her?
I like to watch religious TV, what you get is not what you see. Religiovision
Save me my dear goddamned Lord, won't you please take me hand
Lead me to your sweet salvation in McDonald's land
I was born a wild beautiful baby but you tried to tell me what to be
Can you love your children knowing you must set them free
Money talks these days and everybody listens
We're whipping out our wallets trying to but what we're missing
Money screams out ";I need a slave";
I'm just trying to find some worker to dig my grave
Everybody's listening, everybody's listening, all those eyes are glistening
I need more, a little more, in a little while
I say those???
Machines?
I'm just trying to find somebody to pay my bail
Money screams is says ";My soul's for sale";
Everybody's listening, everybody's listening, all those eyes are glistening
I need a maid to pick up my mess, help me in the morning, help me get dressed
I'll pay you when I get paid, I'll pay you when I get paid
Money talks these days, money talks these days
What you gonna do when the criminal says ";Your money or your life";?
(Not used?)
I need more, I'm bored, shine my shoes, wax my floor
Mew father of our powerful land of the free
I ain't doing nothing, I'll just jire someone to do it for me
No matter how small George gets he'll still talk louder than you
Dollars shrieking ";Ha, ha, ha jokes's on you";
End everybody's listening, all those eyes are glistening
Rich bored, blind, and lone, better buy me a wife
I'm saving up everything to buy me a knife
Guess I'll be leaving in the morning
By the chill that you gave me I will ride
I will tear out my insides just to find a place to hide
And I don't want to hurt you anymore
You got the dagger but I got the revolver
As we rolled and we tumbled to the floor
I been? is it just these drugs I'm feelin'?
And I don't want to lie to you no more
? till the end
A guitar's a man's best friend
But these rules were meant to be broken
? make myself uneasy
And I haven't got the guts to make you cry
? to one thing? do something
And I don't want to hurt you anymore
Now with this advice I will end
Some things are meant to be spoken
Holed up in the dressin' room without a dress
Kneelin' at the confessional with nothin' to confess
And I knew all about my surprise party, I was spoiled and depressed
And I acted surprised and I told lots of lies, yes, I did my best
Stop the truck at the truck stop, I need somethin' to help me crash
Food stamps, cheques and credits cards, but they only accepted cash
There was sweat beatin' on my brow, my heart was beatin' out of my chest
So I stole everythin' they couldn't give away, yes, I did my best
And I did the best that I could do
With all the mess that I've been through
What did you expect me to do?
I did my best for you
I was waitin' for a chain reaction with the missin' link
Waitin' for that trickle down forever circlin' the sink
I was tired of bein' tired, I could not get no rest
So I kept sleep walkin' an' talkin' in my sleep, yes, I did my best
And I did the best that I could do
With all the mess that I've been through
What did you expect me to do?
I did my best for you
She had thirteen kids, each one had thirteen problems
Three uppers, ten downers, just to put up with this
And she don't know which children belong to which father
But she loves them all anyway and they each get a kiss
And the toilet ain't flushin' and the toaster is smokin'
The vacuum don't suck but it needs a new belt
But she saw the world through the eyes of a child
And remembers how good it was and how good it felt
He picks up the paper from the bitter cold mornin'
He'd just gone to sleep, he had to get up for work
But by morning he's a watchman and by night he's a waiter
In the late afternoon he works as a clerk
And he can't pay the doctor bills, he just can't afford the pills
The car's repossessed and the child supports due
But he saw the world through the eyes of a child
Big problems seem smaller and old things seem new
Well she was just six when she turned her first trick
Now she's thirteen and it don't make her sick
And she does lots of crystal and she owns her own pistol
Got a goldfish named Silver and a pimp who's named Rick
And some are like customers and some are like patients
She'd have gone back to school if she'd just had the patience
But she saw the world through the eyes of a child
None of the nightmares, and nothin' to deny
She saw the world through the eyes of a child
You got me going
So get me out of here
I should be blowin'
In someone else's ear
I'm looking forward to looking back
On days like today
Though I wish you would go away
Stay, won't you stay
I'm gonna crawl, crawl, crawl
I never felt better just crawlin' home
I'm gonna crawl home, crawl home alone
Good to see you, see you later, maybe one more beer
I'm gonna crawl home, crawl home from here
(From here)
Some respond to pleasure
Some respond to pain
I'm hangin' out to dry
In the pouring rain
Victims of temptation
Never can complain
I could use the sensation
You see I can't feel pain
I'm gonna crawl, crawl, crawl
I never ever said I'd never make it home
It's just a stone's throw, a crawl home
Good to see you, see you later, maybe one more beer
I'm just gonna crawl home, a crawl home from here
I could use someone
To drag me out of here
I am that someone
It's all become quite clear
Get me out of here
I never felt better just crawling home
I'm gonna crawl home, crawl home alone
Good to see you, see you later, and I'm outta here
I'm just a crawl home, a crawl home from here
Thought I heard you screaming
And pulling out your hair
Furious and steaming
A state upon your stare
Don't you know
Dirt will find you
And dirt reminds you
That dirt will always be there
It's only
Dirt around you
And dirt surrounds you
And follows you everywhere
Here's a dirty joke, man
Filled with filth and smut
The heart of it, it sparkles
The more it can corrupt
Don't you know
Dirt can't hurt you
I'm truly certain
Usually washes out
Don't you know
Rain will wash out
The stain and all of your
Pain will work itself out
Work it out
'Fraid you've lost your innocence
To some odd social scene
You're right on top
But you've been replaced
By a shiny new machine
And dirt keeps following you
And you don't know what it means
You're a little too clean
A little too clean
A little too clean
One day dirt will bury you
And you will understand
There is nothing much more
Than the ground on which you stand
Don't you know
Dirt will find you
And dirt reminds you
That dirt will always be there
It's only
Dirt around you
And dirt surrounds you
And follows you everywhere
'Fraid you've lost your innocence
To some odd social scene
You're right on top
But you've been replaced
By a shiny new machine
And dirt keeps following you
And you don't know what it means
You're a little too clean
A little too clean
Right before the aftermath, I saw where it would end
They said it was an accident, I guess that all depends
On who you talk to and who you know
And where you come from and where, where you go
In your crowd of pushers and users, takers and losers
Beggars and beggars and beggars and choosers
Your childhood days are over as you stuff your shirt and say
Made a choice and wrong or right it's this way I will stay
You'll sell it to your children, you'll sell it to your wife
Buying is your business and selling it's your life, it's your life
The vultures are all circling around your window now
Scavengers, evangelists will get to you some how
Your mother and your ex-best friend, letters that you never send
Your illegitimate children are coming for you now
They're always tracking you down, it's looking like a showdown
Between revenge and the edge you can't defend
Can you try to imagine a story that has no end?
I think you better steal it while you still understand it
Marionette, I haven't met you yet
I hear you're good, I hear you're made out of wood
Not quite as blind as you might think she'd be
[Unverified] they run as deep as a tree
And they cut off your wings and replaced them with strings
Now the strings attach to everything
It's twisted and tangled and troubled with anger
But somehow you still swing
Tried all my trick, I tried to steal a kiss
Splinters and slivers stuck all over my lips
She thinks she must be doing something wrong
They pull the strings and then they string you along
And they cut off your wings and replaced them with strings
Now the strings attach to everything
It's twisted and tangled but I've got an angle
On just what makes you swing, hanging by a string
[Unverified]
She is wearing thin
She's up to [unverified] sometimes [unverified]
Know the boss he makes her do things his way
So why do you think she's so scared of you
What do you think makes her that way?
When push comes to shove she'll push and shove
It doesn't always have to be this way
She's saving up for a vacation somewhere
Why do you think she's so scared of you
What do you think makes her that way?
When push comes to shove she'll push and shove
It's very hard work when you don't get paid
Hey what're you doing comin' around my place
I've been cryin', tears are down my face
Do this, do that, it's always push, push, push
But I sure grow tired of beating 'round the bush
Take it to the root
Hey what're you saying, calling out my name
I ain't got no shame, better find someone else to blame
Talking 'round in circles, take it to the point
?? someone else to give support
Take it to the rootI can't take it, always in my face
Hey, don't I know you? I've seen you someplace
Back before you know it, back for more abuse
Back to where I started from, home and on the loose
Take it to the root
Take it to the root one time
Take it to the root two times
Take it to the root three times
Take it to the root four times
Well, well, now what the hell has gotten into you
Is it something we can make it through
I'll spend the rest of my life trying to figure you out
Like a black silhouette in a shadow of doubt
Some kinda spectacle that no one can see through
But it burns inside, you hide it well
You hide it from yourself
And you promise that you won't tell
Promise that you won't tell
Promise that you won't tell
Promise that you won't yell
Secret no more, secret no more
Now I know that something's wrong
And I'll find out before too long
Only you can break my solitude
Don't you tell anyone I told you this
?? and then they kiss
We got to die to spread your disease tooBut it burns inside, you hide it well
You hide and ??
And you promise that you won't tell
Promise that you won't tell
Promise that you won't tell
Promise that you won't yell
Secret no more, secret no more
Promise that you won't tell (x3)
Promise that you won't yell
Secret no more, secret no more (x2)
Somebody's thinking that there might be something wrong
Business is sinking and the crew's been casted off
Nobody's bailing, nobody's sailing, but we're watching it from shore
Nobody's working and we better work this out
If we could see eye to eye, you could see just exactly who is small
But I do my job and do it well and go to hell for writing on the wall
There'd be enough to go around if I could just get around you
I am not down, my hands are empty, and they're open and I need something to do
And it makes me wonder who I'm working for
'Cause I think you know just what I'm looking for
And it makes me wonder who you're working for
How many children are waiting by your door?
Is this just a job that I'm working for?
You gave me nothing now you're taking it away
I should be walkin' and makin' it easy to ignore but I guess I'd better stay
And I forgave you for all the people you've done wrong
Nobody's working and it's gone on far too long
And it makes me wonder who you're working for
'Cause I think you know just what I'm looking for
And it makes me wonder who I'm working for
How many children are waiting by your door?
Is it just a paycheck I'm fighting for?
I fell in love with a hooker she laughed in my face
so seriously I took her I was a disgrace
I was out of line
I was out of place
out of time to save pace
see the open mouth
of my suitcase
saying leave this place
Leave without a trace
leave without a trace
leave without a trace
I tried to get a good job with honest pay
I might as well join the mob the benefits are okay
Standing in the sun with a popsicle everything is possible
with a lot of luck and a pretty face and some time to waste
Leave without a trace
leave without a trace
leave without a trace
I tried to dance at a funeral New orleans style
I joined the grave dancers union I had to pile
Trying to do the right thing play it straight
the right thing changes from state to state
don't forget to take your mace
if you're out walking late
I liked to see your face
you left without a trace
Well, a fascinating sensation
No I can't even feel it
I just had to let you know
I can't conceal it
I was recently considering
Taking the pain with the pleasure
Just to find my way to the bottom of this
I'll have to dig forever
And it's no small measure
Lift up your veil of tears
Don't be disappointed child
If your prayers go unanswered
We are not responsible
For these sad circumstances
Secret agents and freedom fighters
On those impossible missions
Better put your toys and games away
Maybe take the kids out fishing
For a family treasure
In your early years
Behind your veil of tears
So frustrated, get up anyway
So complicated, changes every day
So the darkness fades
And the light will come shining through
I heard the eyes that look to a better world
Always hide beneath the veil of tears
And you hide no more
Lift up your veil of tears
Hide no more
Behind your veil of tears
Now the executioner must be executed
No I think we'll set him free instead
Watch him run
And you hide no more
Lift up your veil of tears
You hide no more
You hide no more
Twiddly dee fe fi fo fum
There's a giant sleeping and his pants are undone
He shows no pity for anyone
He's sure to be killed before the morning comes
Twiddle my fingers and I twiddle my thumb
'Cause I ain't gonna quit 'til my work is all done
I'm a high society skid row bum
Well on my way to Kingdom Come
I twiddle in the middle of the moon and sun
I'm wishing and dreaming I'm a special someone
Don't leave my load on anyone
It's way too high and it weighs a ton
Do re mi fe fi fo fum
I'm a slave to the music of a father and son
I never force it on anyone
Can't keep it a secret so I keep it on the run
They may say what they say about the way that we stay
They may do what they do about the things that we do
Hey [unverified] spill your rum
Ain't worried about the dumb things I done
Ain't worried about the dumb things to come
[Unverified] little bit of fun
Hey [unverified]
Sometimes I wanna be friends with everyone
My friends tell me it can't be done
And some days I feel I don't know anyone
Now what goes up doesn't always come down
You'll never believe the things I've found
Amazing what you learn just hanging around
Can't put a square peg in a hole that's round
They may say what they say about the way that we stay
They may do what they do about the things that we do
Hey [unverified]
If we win or if we lose it's a pleasure to play
Work all night and I sleep all day
My friend's wife, she plays the game
She plays it with me all the time
Makes me feel pretty good, I guess
Hey, that's a pretty dress
But you shouldn't have
No, you shouldn't have
Let me know
No, you shouldn't have
You just shouldn't have
Let it go
Play with me
Don't play with me
Don't play
Play with me
Don't play with me
Don't play
Don't you wanna play the game
If I were a renegade
And you were the county line
Would I have to cross it now
I got yours, you got mine
But you shouldn't have
No, you just shouldn't have
Let it go
Play with me
Don't play with me
Don't play
Play with me
Don't play with me
Don't play
Don't you wanna play the game
Now jealousy is just a game
Ties you up that wraps around your brain
Makes you feel like you might hurt yourself
Makes you feel insane
Play with me
Don't play with me
Don't play
Play with me
Don't play with me
Don't play
Don't you wanna play the game
She swings the string of pearls on the corner
The street lights reflect the light in the water
The string it snaps and the pearls go sailing
And they splash and bounce and roll 'cross the wet street
As she bends to chase the pearls, a car swings 'round the corner
She darts from the eyes of the panics truck driver
Who's racing to the delivery room
'Cause in the back seat his wife is busting out of her womb
And the sack breaks and out come
The Siamese Twins
Who grow up to become the first President
With two heads, are better than one
He puts his heads in his hands
Says I got to put my heads together
I can become the best President ever
And not just President, fend for yourself
Signs his name, takes the blame
For all of the names with no shame
In their beliefs, they adjourn and they leave and in walks a man
With a broom and a knife and blood on his hands
And he sweeps everything under the rug
And goes home to his kids and gives them a hug
But his wife was not there, she had just left a letter
That said, "You'd be much better off without me"
Now his wife took the train to her ex-lover's funeral
Who died in the bathroom, hit his head on a urinal
When they got together, the knowledge was carnal
And the widow was at the funeral and they had quite a cat fight
And they fell into the hole where the casket was resting
And the preacher just left in the middle of the service
'Cause death was one thing but women made him nervous
And he ran to his car and he drove 'round the corner
Then something in the street caught the light in his eye
He pulled over, reached down and picked up a pearl from the gutter
And he didn't know what to think
And he brought it home and washed it in the sink
And he gave the pearl to Sister Mary Teresa
Who could not accept it so she gave it to Lisa
A young prostitute who was missing a pearl
Standing in the doorway
Wondering if it's safe to go outside
Wondering if I'll come back
Wondering if I might just drift out with the rising tide
Sitting and waiting and hoping to find
Something you're good at to use up your time
To crawl from the ocean and lie on the shore
A moonbeam that rests on the dust on your floor
I'm not going out there
Don't try to tell me I'm paranoid
Wouldn't say, I'm not scared
Though it may be safe to say that I am annoyed
In the intersection, traffic lights are red in all directions
Everyone breaks the law sometimes
We all break down, have foolish pride
And beg for some affection
I can't say, I know how you feel
Everyone seems to know
Are you sure I would if I could help you remember
What it's like to feel good
Chitter and chatter and everything matters
I ask how you're feeling
And you just act shattered
Asleep on the couch with your eyes open wide
Standing in the doorway
Waiting as you come and as you leave
You say, get out of my way
Won't you stop and talk about the hectic life you lead
They're all going somewhere
They all have some place they have to be
Maybe I should join them
I wish, I could, I think, I have to stay here with me
It brings a tear to your eye
To get out into the open
I can't believe, I see myself
I ran the way
I walked a fine line
Wasted time or need to find
You will call and I'll take mine
And to remind me
I am fine
What you are is
What you see and
You see me and we can be
Something we can call we
We are we are
Doing the what-we-can
Working without a plan
I'm beginning to understand
It's getting out of hand
I have seen these do-si-do's
I've walked up on this road before
Picked it apart for hours and hours and
Hours and hours
Of turning
Tossing and
Looking and
Listening
To you and all the f****d up things you do
But you're doing the best you can
With every grain of sand
That's trickling through your hands
So catch me if you can
If someday comes early
Comes whipping, comes whirling
To take you for all you have learned
The tables are turning
Your bridges are burning
My destination sometime to return
Throw away your calendar and
Sign up your salamander
Get up and get down
Right in the town and look around
Get up and do something
Your time to choose it
Do it do it do it do it do it!
Doing the best I can
Living without a plan
I'm taking what I can get
I haven't seen nothing yet
If one day you wake up and
Find what you make up
Come and get me
Come and take me there
Into your illusion
I make my intrusion
Anytime, anyplace, anywhere
The hourglass is draining fast
It knows no future
Holds no past
And all this too will come to pass
Never forever whatever
If someday comes early
Comes whipping, comes whirling
To take you for all you have learned
The tables are turning
Your bridges are burning
My destination sometime to return...
posted by...
Keith "The Klaw" Law
(irc: curioso)
law2@husc.harvard.edu
"If K-A-T doesn't spell cat, what does it spell?"
Grandfather watches the grandfather clock
And the phone hasn't rang for so long
And the time flies by like a vulture in the sky
Suddenly he breaks into song
I'm waiting by the phone
Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone
I'm waiting by the phone
Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone
Hello, speak up, is there somebody there?
These hang-ups are getting me down
In a world frozen over with over-exposure
Let's talk it over, let's go out and paint the town
I'm waiting by the phone
Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone
'Cause I want somebody to shove
I need somebody to shove
I want somebody to shove me
You're a dream for insomniacs, prize in the cracker jacks
All the difference in the world is just a call away
And I'm waiting by the phone
Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone
Yes, I'm waiting by the phone
I'm waiting for you to call me, call me and tell me I'm, tell me I'm not alone
'Cause I want somebody to shove
I need somebody to shove
I want somebody to shove me
Yes, I want somebody to shove
I need somebody to shove
I guess I'll see you later
Sweet manipulator
And how I thank you dearly
For helping me see clearly
Yes sir, no sir, let me go
Sir, I don't even want to know
Sir, I've had all that I can take today
But I found out so long ago
It don't matter if it shows
And it's up in the air tonight
Yes, it's up in the air tonight
Now you're anticipating
That nostalgia's waiting
With your social statement
Boxed up in the basement
Yes ma'am, no ma'am, let me go
Ma'am, I don't even give a damn
Ma'am, I suppose I'll stand another day
I booked my flight despite my plans
I hope this flight, it never lands
And it's up in the air tonight
Yes, it's up in the air tonight
'Cause I've got all night
Lie here on the floor
I got all night
Just like the night before
So make it soon
And I guess I'll see you later
I guess I'll see you later
I guess I'll see you later
I guess I'll see you, see you, see you
See you, see you, see you later, later, later, later
Call you up in the middle of the night
Like a firefly without a light
You were there like a blowtorch burning
I was a key that could use a little turning
So tired that I couldn't even sleep
So many secrets I couldn't keep
Promised myself I wouldn't weep
One more promise I couldn't keep
It seems no one can help me now
I'm in too deep there's no way out
This time I have really led myself astray
Runaway train, never going back
Wrong way on a one-way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
Can you help me remember how to smile?
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
How on earth did I get so jaded?
Life's mystery seems so faded
I can go where no one else can go
I know what no one else knows
Here I am just a-drownin' in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train
And everything seems cut and dried
Day and night, earth and sky
Somehow I just don't believe it
Runaway train, never going back
Wrong way on a one-way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
Bought a ticket for a runaway train
Like a madman laughing at the rain
A little out of touch, a little insane
It's just easier than dealing with the pain
Runaway train, never going back
Wrong way on a one-way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
Runaway train, never coming back
Runaway train, tearing up the track
Runaway train, burning in my veins
I run away but it always seems the same
Wishing upon a mattress, falling off the axis
Slipping in stillness, flipping the pearl [unverified]
I walk you when you're wasted
I can almost taste it, all this oxygen's for your
But it's a couple more volts of shock treatment for you
When a couple more votes of confidence will do
I walk you when you are wasted
I can almost taste it
And it's a couple more volts of shock treatment for you
When a couple more votes of confidence will do
All is there to remind you, before and behind you
Follows you everywhere you go
Make me say you're crazy, it don't even phase me
'Cause you're the sanest one I know
Just a couple more breaths of oxygen will do
They may say you're crazy but she's so amazing
But it's couple volts of shock treatment for you
(A couple volts of shock treatment for you)
When a couple more votes of confidence will do
(Loneliness, loneliness again)
Just a couple more breaths of oxygen will do
But it's a couple more pills and a couple more pills
And a couple more, "What do you do those things you do?"
(Shock treatment for you)
Just a couple more volts of shock treatment for you
(Shock treatment for you)
Just a couple more breaths of oxygen will do
(Shock treatment for you)
Treatment, treatment for your
(Shock treatment for you)
That will do, that will do
Well, my friend Jud he was a fuddy-dud
Chewed his cud, was a stick in the mud
I swear he hated everyone
And he's bumming nickels and bumming dimes
But most of all you know he's just bumming time
And every day was a bad day
They walked out and on and over him
He was turning gray
Never knew love, he gave up on hope
Stayed in bed and he stopped using soap
Was a dirty old man
But he never said poor little old me
Poor, poor
Now, one fine day he won the lottery
Instant millionaire without a care
It didn't change a thing
Drove up to Reno he lost everything at a roadside casino
You know he never made it into town
Where the bright lights trickle down
He was a casualty
Well, he ran out of food and all he got
Was more lewd and crude, he was very rude
The only thing he hated worse than the city
Was charity and self pity, he'd been around
I talked to him that's what I found
He was a casualty
Poor little old me
Dear mother, what can I say
It's been so long since I went away
And yes, I miss the comforts of home
But I guess, I'm better off on my own
No one told me people could be so cruel
Nobody told me about any of this in school
Still nobody understands the things that I don't understand
I've nothing to write home about
Nothing I have figured out
Still I have the same old doubts
Nothing to write home about
Dear John, that ain't my name
I'm just hangin' 'round to take the blame
I'm filled with guilt, I'm filled with shame
Too much or not enough, it's all the same
And no one wants to talk about the loss
No one wants to talk about the cost
Every one just looks away, just like any other day
I've nothing to write home about
Nothing I have figured out
Still I have the same old doubts
Nothing to write home about
Nothing to write home about
Who can teach me how to change my ways?
Who will come and save the day?
Who will tell me what to say
When there's nothing left to say?
Nobody told me about any of this in school
No one told me I'd be taken for a fool
And everyone just looks away, and tries to make it through the day
I've nothing to write home about
Nothing I have figured out
Still I have the same old doubts
Nothing to write home about
Well they packed up their violin cases [Incomprehensible]
Hopped in a big black Studebaker, they were acting pretty scary
No one talked as they synchronized their watches
And they drove past a train station
Oh, the train rolled out with a passenger car
Filled with retired millionaires and movie stars
[Incomprehensible] coats
[Incomprehensible] and that would be all, she wrote
And the gangsters, cowboys, gypsies and freewheelers
Sold out their trades to become drug dealers
There ain't no money in doing things straight
Your community thanks you, business is good
And nice guys don't get paid
Outside the train window fast as he could ride
Was a kid on a horse with a head full of lies
And the tears of excitement couldn't put out the fire in his eyes
For the house he was riding to burglarize
All through the house they were dancing and singing
An extended family with fiddlers and magicians
Juggler and a chemist who invent potion
To pacify all the killers and rapist
The chemist died in the burglary and they sold the prescription
For a case of cheap red wine to a traveling salesman
In a three-wheeled jalopy, he bought and sold potions
To the city that looked over the ocean
And he sold the last drop, it was big with the rich kids
And soon the city would be crawling with addicts
And back rooms, dark allies, basements and attics
When a fly is trapped in a spider's web but a bat's got the spider
And no one knows what's going on
But you've gotta show up for yourself at the end of the day
And nice guys don't get paid
Nice guys don't get paid
Now all the hopeless romantics are wearing white collars
Upstanding assassins cleaning filthy dollars
Car-jacking fanatics who kill for religion
Sirens are a-screaming, shots ring out at night
Movie cameras rolling in
And there goes my hero with his head between his legs
And all this time I believed in him
Now, what is the sound of snow falling down
On the tombstone in the dead of the night?
And who is the hound at the downtown dog pound
Who speaks English when the watchman's not in sight?
And where will you be in 1993?
Still sitting in the same chair
Sinning is for sinners and I'm just a beginner
But I've never really been, been touched there
Hey, ain't it strange how some things never change?
Ain't it strange how nothing stays the same?
You were thinkin' I was distressed about some universe oppressed
But I was just depressed about my last pinball game
I've learned to accept and not to expect
The respect and neglect that I get
I've tried not to forget about what haven't happened yet
And on this I place my last bet
Hey, did you give what you get
Did you get what you give of your [Incomprehensible]
Winning is for winners and I know spring follows winter
But I've never really been touched there
You know it's hard to be nice when hate becomes your vice
And you can't find peace anywhere
Love's just not for lovers, get off your high horse brother
Oh, won't you look at that
'Cause it won't be there for long
Hey, if you look away
Soon it will be gone
And I won't say I told you so
And I won't tell you you were wrong
But you're gonna miss this when it's gone
You're gonna miss this when it's gone
Hey, won't you look at this
Look at all that we have done
Oh, we are so busy
There is no time to have fun
And I won't make you do a thing
I won't say anything
But you're gonna miss this when it's gone
You're gonna miss this when it's gone
I'll never say I told you so
Never tell you you were wrong
But you're gonna miss this when it's gone
They say misery
Loves Company
We could start a company
And make misery
Frustrated Incorporated
Well I know just what you need
I might have just the thing
I know what you'd pay to see
Put me out of my misery
I'd do it for you; would you do it for me?
We will always be busy making misery
We could build a factory
And make misery
We'll create the cure
We made the disease
Frustrated Incorporated
Frustrated Incorporated
Well I know just what you need
I might just have the thing
I know what you'd pay to see
Put me out of my misery
All you suicide kings and drama queens
Forever after happily
Making misery
Did you satisfy your greed
Get what you need?
Was it only envy?
So empty
Frustrated Incorporated
Frustrated Incorporated
Frustrated Incorporated
Frustrated Incorporated
Barefoot and pregnant she tries not to bend
The ear of the doctor's not much of a friend
The doctor's on location missing his kids
And wondering where she went to live
Spend time alone and look after your life
Remember your loved ones, your boyfriends, your wives
And if you are lonely and she's lonely too
And she will stay lonely for you
Yeah, she will stay lonely for you
Come what may, come some day
And she will stay lonely for you
Patiently waiting for taxis to come
To take you away from all you have become
The driver tells stories like he's your best friend
And you hope the ride never ends
To all of the ones who have got no one else
Who keep their own time and look after themselves
Someday you'll meet someone lonely as you
And he will stay lonely for you
Yes, he will stay lonely for you
Come what may, come some day
And I, I will stay lonely for you
In the fog lights
There was tear gas floating through the twilight
And he wondered what life would be like
With a giant screen TV, a fridge full of beer
And a conscience that's clean
See lately
She'd been thinking about her little tiny baby
And the boy who had gone to defend me
She's a good friend of mine
But I can't take the place of her man anytime
And it won't be long till he's coming home
You gotta bring your soldier home
When all those stones have all been thrown
Gotta give, get a chance to get a look at his kid
And hope he can live with whatever he did
Now meanwhile
He was reading magazines on the front line
He was trying not to think about her life
And what he might have done
'Cause it seemed like neither one of them
Were having any fun
See lately
She'd been acting kinda crazy lately
Oh man, I thought she was gonna hate me
'Cause I couldn't watch her little one
I had so much to do, I was so high strung
And it won't be long till daddy's home
You gotta bring your soldier home
When all those stones have all been thrown
You gotta give, get a chance to get a look at his kid
And hope he can live with whatever he did
And lately, all the hate escapes me
And lately all the hate just escapes me lately
So he phoned her
He said, "Darling, I've been feeling so alone here
Am I making myself perfectly clear
And I'm on my way back just a couple more missions
And I start getting packed"
You gotta bring your soldier home
When all those stones have all been thrown
Gotta give, get a chance to get a look at his kid
And hope he can live with whatever he did
Lately I was wondering if she heard from him lately
She walks into the outhouse
The cold night breathes into her face
The flies are standing still now
The moon it spills through the place
And she starts wondering what it's like to be liked by everyone
And like everyone be just like anyone
And just wants to be so just like anyone, just like anyone
She reaches through the darkness
Her fingers touch the porcelain seat
She spins and pulls her pants down
The cold air holds her like a thief
She starts wondering what they mean, do they just mean to be mean
And thinking about the scene, do they just want to be seen
And trying not to seem so just like anyone, just like anyone
The door comes screeching open
She walks into the evening air
She disappears in the darkness
All that's left's the faint smell of her hair
She's done wondering what it's like to be liked by everyone
And like everyone be just like anyone
And just wants to be so just like anyone
And wondering what they mean, do they just mean to be mean
And thinking about the scene, do they just want to be seen
And trying not to seem so just like anyone, just like anyone
Just like anyone, just like anyone
Just like anyone, just like anyone
Just like anyone, just like anyone
There's just no substitute for fun
I've tried every single one
And no one can take your place
Everybody gets replaced
My time has neither come nor gone
It just slips out when I yawn
Without hope I can't go wrong
Can't go wrong
Don't get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up now
Don't get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up now
It's so hard to settle down
Don't recognize my home town
Home is where I hang my head
Lost in all these things I said
Been holdin' my breath for so long
I don't need air anymore
If you never let me breathe
I'll never breathe, I'll never breathe
Don't get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up now
Don't get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up now
Don't know I was hopin' for
I feel like feelin' better than I ever felt before
My time has neither come nor gone
It just slips out when I yawn
Holdin' my breath for so long
For so long
Don't want to be bored no more
I know there's so much more
Don't know what I was hopin' for
I feel like feelin' better than I ever felt before
Don't get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up now
Don't get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up
I want to live with you
In the fifth dimension
In a dream I've never had
'Cause I just can't live like this
In a world like this
I just want a kiss goodbye
We are not of this world
And there's a place for us
Stuck inside this fleeted moment
Tucked away where no one own it
Wrapped up in a haste
And by mistake got thrown away
And ohh, I am so homesick
But it ain't that bad
'Cause I'm homesick
For the home I've never had
And though I sometimes get annoyed
I know just where I'm at
This is my song of joy
And now I know there are no secret tricks
No correct politics
Liars and lunatics
And we are not of this world
And there's a place for us
Stuck inside this fleeted moment
Tucked away where no one owns it
Wrapped up in a haste
And by mistake got thrown away
And oh, I am so homesick
But it ain't that bad
'Cause I'm homesick
For the home I've never had
And though I would not take it personally
It's just the child in me
Never really knew how much I had
Woe it's me, I am so homesick
But it ain't that bad
'Cause I'm homesick
Keep a watch out behind you from that which can blind you
And die like a dream in a jar
Forewarned if hindsight is all that makes you right
You're running away but you won't get very far
No it's not my intention to harbor pretensions
Or told you I hadn't a clue
Took fate by the neck and you'll never look back
You've forgotten more than I ever knew
Everything's turning but mostly just turning out wrong
What's lost was once burning and finally the day seems so long
And it's Gullible's Travels and nothing unravels this way
Just another lost journey where everything's turning away
Saving crowds from the roar from the cutting room floor
Played it at night in his dreams
Woke up was cold and his manager had sold him
It's louder than love but don't think I know what it means
Nobody's talking and who tells you when to go home
Guess I wore out my welcome, it's better than being alone
And it's Gullible's Travels and nothing unravels this way
Just another lost journey where everything's turning away
Shot in the dark landed short of the mark
Can't hold a candle to you
Flame's burning brightly and shines in so lightly
But lighting the day alone seems so untrue
Everything's turning but mostly just turning out wrong
What's lost was once burning but finally the day seems so long
And it's Gullible's Travels and nothing unravels this way
Just another lost journey where everything's turning away
[Incomprehensible]
Turning and turning and turning and turning away
When aid turned sideways
And head on down the highway
Say, "This is my way"
Disappearing forever
But there ain't just one way
So you choose the fun way
Slide down the runway
On a ticket that goes two ways
And by the way that it sounded
You thought that you'd be astounded
But you left it like you found it
'Cause it wasn't yours to take
What once seemed like dying
Soon turned into flying
So you settle for trying
And you wish you were grounded
No you cannot get much higher
Than your utmost desire
So you bring it down to size and
Now it seems that you are grounded
Grounded, grounded, grounded, grounded
By the way that it sounded
You thought that you'd be astounded
But you left it like you found it
There's a little old man, who can get his hands
On a brand new silver planet
Walks the walk, and he talks the talk
If I had the world he could have it
For every question there are ways to shoot it down
Well there's a greenback, a green light
So we suggest we get this new thing off the ground
But I can't stand the gravity, can't stand it
The way you handled it, I got to hand it to you
No I can't stand the gravity, understand it
The way you handled it, I'm coming out of my shoes
Shudder, and wind me up
Like a toy on my first day of school
Stranded, abandoned
It's the rent and I'm out of food
For every answer there are questions to spare
It's nothing but convenience though it's not convenient
We ain't going anywhere
But I can't stand the gravity, can't stand it
The way you handled it, I come and hand it to you
But I can't stand the gravity, understand it
The way you handled it, I'm coming out of my shoes
Come on home
Drifting up alone
Burning away
Up in the space
Lie down in a dream
Tell me whatcha need
Just a circuitry
It's only sanctity
Live how you wanna live
Circle like a satellite
Like a shooting star, still flickering, still glowing
The room is still on fire
For every answer there are ways to shoot it down
Down on the cold ground do you believe that this time you are comin' round
But I can't stand the gravity, can't stand it
The way you handled it, I come and hand it to you
No I can't stand the gravity, can't stand it
The way you handled it, I'm coming out of my shoes
Lie down in a dream
Tell me whatcha need
It's only sanctity
Just a circuitry
Live how you wanna live
Like a Shooting star
Like candle light, still flickering
Floating like a bumble bee, in a whirlwind, blowing
Like a candle light
Jesus was a hippie
Peace and love was all He was about
That's why they killed Him
'Cause that shit's something people can't figure out
Now some folks who worship Him
Are the ones who would have cheered at the crucifixion
They got no conviction
It doesn't matter if the Man was fact or fiction
But who're you gonna call your fearless leader?
Who's gonna put your fears to bed?
'Cos heroes will never let you down
Just as long as they're dead
Satan is a feeling
Deviance, it lurks in everyone
Guilty pleasures
And mischievous behavior can be fun
But no one made you do it
Nobody but yourself to blame
It's always at your door
And trouble is its name
But who're you gonna call your fearless leader?
Who's gonna put your fears to bed?
'Cos heroes will never let you down
Just as long as they're dead
Sometimes you gotta pick and choose
Sometimes no matter what you lose
Nixon was a liar
It's the one thing believed to be true
Tricky Dick was not a crook
Whatever that means, whatever presidents do
But money can't buy you children
And nothing can bring them back to you
We all make mistakes
We all need someone to look up to
But who're you gonna call your fearless leader?
Who's gonna put your fears to bed?
'Cos heroes will never let you down
Once I had fame, oh, I was full of pride
There were a lot of friends, always by my side
But my fame, oh, it died
And my friends began to hide
Everybody loves a winner
But when you lose, you lose alone
Everywhere I turn, there was hello and a smile
I never thought that it would be gone after awhile
But my bank roll, oh, it down
And the smiles they turned to frowns
Everybody loves a winner
But when you lose, you lose alone
Once I had love, oh, but it wouldn't be true
To get back that love there ain't nothing I wouldn't do
But I've loved and I lost
Oh, and now I paid the cost
Everybody loves a winner
But when you lose, you lose alone
Everybody loves a winner
Rise and shine, keep your razor sharp
Size up yourself in the mirror
A slice of life to last throughout the year
But sooner or later it all comes back to you
And we will remember the fine things you can do
I'm giving back all the things that you gave to me
I'm saving up the price to pay the decree
Remember the first time you saw the rising sun
You may be done but I've just begun
The leaves are burning and the ashes have blown away
I'm turning over new leaves almost every day
You let him think you'd just as soon stay
You let him think you had nothing to say
Now you want me just to let you go away
To find some mangled security, some strangled form of purity
To restore your faith and all the things you've come to hate
You give and you take and you leave, leave it alone
What I want so badly for this to be a place you can call home
And I haven't felt this way since yesterday, but I don't remember when
What I want so badly to be someone you can call a friend till we meet again
Endless farewell
Hello, hello, hello again
Sent on a mission to find out
Just how much shit one man can take
Went to the river to swim upstream
But got dragged into the lake
You're wide awake
But still you're dreaming
The pride it takes
It has no meaning
Am I still here?
Can you see me? Please say yes
Can you heal me? Please say yes
When you watch over me, I am blessed
Now that you're all grown up
You're not so self assured, you'll never know
Who do you answer to when
No one's hanging round to let it show
You're wide awake
But still you're dreaming
The pride it takes
It has no meaning
Am I still here?
Can you hear me? Please say yes
Can you heal me? Please say yes
When you watch over me, I am blessed
You're old enough to know better
Than to expect anything
Take care of yourself
You should know, not to depend on anyone
Am I still here?
Can you feel me? Please say yes
Can you heal me? Please say yes
When you watch over me, I am blessed
Am I still here?
Can you see me? Please say yes
Can you heal me? Please say yes
When you watch over me, I am blessed
When you watch over me
If the day wants to begin
You can let the day in
If the darkness has no end
Light up the darkness
It ain't on what you can depend
It's who you can depend on
If the rain wants to come in
You can let the rain in
If the darkness is your friend
You can hold the darkness
And if it ain't what you got
You know you gotta have it
The grass gets greener all the time
For creatures of habit
For creatures of habit
Look out, here comes one more morning
Habits form without a warning
Love it can be habit-forming
Make your enemies your friends
And leap standing naked
It ain't how much you can take
It's how you take it
Oh, look out, here comes one more morning
Habits form without a warning
Love it can be habit-forming
For creatures of habit
Oh, look out, a habit's forming
It's just one more morning
Now that you're old enough
And all grown now, trying to act so tough
Here comes a slap right in the face
Branding irons and cattle prods
And cowboys everywhere, ropes flying through the air
Leaves some kind of funny aftertaste
And when the room gets small
And the streets are filled with fighting
You'll find a way to escape
You'll find a better place
'Cause it's a crazy mixed up world out there
Someone's always got a gun and it's all about money
You live with loneliness or you live with somebody who's crazy
It's just a crazy mixed up world
Jet fighters streak the air
And where they're going nobody seems to care
I guess we'll just wait and watch 'em fade
I don't think much about
The things I thought I just couldn't live without
I live without them everyday
And when you just can't handle
One more panhandler
It leaves you wishing for change
A fast car to take you away
It's a crazy mixed up world out there
Someone's always got a gun and it's all about money
You live with loneliness or you live with somebody who's crazy
It's just a crazy mixed up world
So take your shattered faith
And make it just like new with crazy glue and tape
You're gonna need it again someday
You're gonna need it again, you're gonna need it today
'Cause it's a crazy mixed up world out there
Someone's always got a gun and it's all about money
You live with loneliness or you live with somebody who's crazy
I got something special to show you
But I suppose, you've seen it all before
There's one thing I'm trying to tell you
But then again, you've heard it all before
I survived another week just like the one before
When everything you wanted somehow leaves you wanting more
And I looked beneath the carpet behind each and every door
Trying to find you something like you've never had before
And it seems, we're just beginners
No previous experience at all
Just the last original sinners
And if you need me, just be sure to call
And they tell you which way not to go and so you go that way
One child plays with one, another throws it away
Like a kite without a string, go anywhere, do anything
I'm trying to take you someplace you've never been before
I see something new in each and every moon
From your old, old hat to your blown out shoes
It's tried and true and it's all I do
And I hope it's not all the same to you
The old and new, they get mistaken all the time
Is there something I've never seen before?
No, just a brand new shine
Now they're cranking 'em out by the millions
They look and act exactly just the same
And each one's one in a million
And each has got its own elusive game
It's the same old dusty atmosphere just like the other place
I see something familiar in each and every face
Seems to me, I've seen you, been here, said this once before
I'm trying to take you someplace you've never been before
I see something new in each and every moon
From your old, old hat to your blown out shoes
When I dropped it and broke it, I thought of you
And I hope it's not all the same to you
And the old and new, they get mistaken all the time
Nothing happened, it's just two people passing through
Hearing voices in my head, hope they never lie to you
Why's something always gotta be up with you
Whatever I do is never enough for someone like you
Passing through you all the time
Turning blood into wine
Turning blood into wine
Who'll forgive me, who's to say if it's right or wrong
And you won't see me in a light that shines on me
And how come something's always gotta be up with you
Back on my feet but the night's getting long
Do you think about me too
Turning blood into wine
It's passing through you all the time
Turning blood into wine
Three more days and you'll be hanging on the line
And if they ask you how I'm doing
Just tell 'em that I'm fine
Staying out all the time
Is turning blood into wine
Turning blood into wine
Two boys on a playground
Tryin' to push each other down
See the crowd gather 'round
Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd
Black gold in a white plight
Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride
I don't care 'bout no wheelchair
I've got so much left to do with my life
Moving backwards through time
Never learn, never mind
That side's yours, this side's mine
Brother, you ain't my kind
You're a black soldier, white fight
Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride
Sure, like to feel some pride
But this place just makes me feel sad inside
Mother, do you know where your kids are tonight?
Keeps the kids off the streets
Gives 'em something to do, something to eat
This spot was a playground
This flat land used to be a town
Black gold in a white plight
Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride
Sure, like to feel some pride
But this place just makes me feel sad inside
Black gold in a white plight
Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride
I don't care 'bout no wheelchair
Why you always want to get the best of me?
I'm like a seeing eye dog and I can't even see
They're naked and they're following my master who is blind
And my mind's gone to pieces, I could use some piece of mind
So, I picked up the pieces and I made a new start
Stole an old stiletto, started stabbing in the dark
I can't live without it, I would surely fall apart
But it's hard to make arrangements 'round a bitter sweetheart
Bittersweet
Bitter sweetheart
Bitter sweetheart
Better get yourself a little street smart
Bitter sweetheart, sad but true
It's a bitter sweetheart that's a hard heart to cure
It's just my bitter sweetheart
Bitter sweetheart
Bitter sweetheart
It's like a suicide mission when you can't see no end
Tired of compliment fishing and impressing your friends
I never kissed no one just to kiss and tell
It's a little bit of heaven and a whole lot of hell
In the eye of the beholder is a beautiful start
You always seem to end up with a bitter sweetheart
There's a darkness looming but the sun is shining bright
I can live to see the morning if I stay up all night
Bittersweet
Bitter sweetheart
Bitter sweetheart
Without a shortcut, without a head start
Bitter sweetheart, sad but true
It's a bitter sweetheart that's a hard heart to cure
My bitter sweetheart
It's the hardest part
Bitter sweetheart
Are you in there, are you beating?
Beating me up until I'm bleeding
How much blood can you spare?
Bitter sweetheart
Bitter sweetheart
Think just a drink might get you to the good part
Lyin' in bed just a wonderin' what to do
It's a bitter sweetheart that's a hard heart to cure
In time inside you find, you always wind up with a bitter sweetheart
Bitter sweetheart
Bitter sweetheart
At the end of the track is a two bit shack
When you die, that's where you go
Down the lines, up from this pit at the end of your rainbow
That's one too many flights of stairs
One more stair and almost there
One more dose close
One [Incomprehensible] to the bottom of the stairs
One more unholy ghost
Keep coming back to haunt you
Got no place left to go
Meet me on the [Incomprehensible]
And they'll strip your car to the bone
We did a scene, checked out a gown
The justice started laughing
[Incomprehensible] remove their heads
I guess that's what you get for laughing
One last laugh and lived to tell
One more pomp and circumstance
One more fool to follow
Another finger down my throat
It's a bitter pill to swallow
So much later coming
It's moving much too slow
Who it is asleep at the wheel
I don't want to know
Just around the corner there's
Somebody there to take you there
Don't worry child you're sure to be scared
One more drink before I go
One last good luck kiss
One less thing to call my own
That's one more thing I miss
[Incomprehensible]
Took the world by storm
Most of 'em either in a dark jail
Or wishing they had never been born
Just around the corner there's
One more pomp and circumstance
One more fool to follow
Another finger down my throat
The papers read that the king is dead
The people said, what we need instead is to be on our own
But people, they do the strangest things
You never know what they might do when they are left alone
There's men without Gods and Gods without men
And a spirit of which none of them can transcend
But something peculiar is happening
We should just be happy with just what we've got
And the problems should be too few to mention but they're not
Where can I go for some information?
So tired of the big sensation
I need to know what's going on
Oh well you're the well-informed
Into your world which I was born, my friend, here's to you
How would I know if there was something wrong?
When the weak of heart out-survive the strong
The truth is almost always confidential
You never know just what you've got until it's gone
And your friends have never seemed so essential when you're wrong
Remarkably incredible, incredibly forgettable
I know this might sound strange, don't ever change
Amazingly unfaceable, entirely replaceable
There's nothing I would rearrange, don't ever change
Out of luck, out of space, out of time, out of place
Don't try to save face my friend
There was a time and there was a place
He's a stranger to authority, welcome to the minority.
It's not someplace you have to go, it's not something you have to know.
Don't do this, don't touch that. Hey, draw the line
I'll speak my mind, maybe I'll wait for another time.
Sometimes you get close to those who wait,
Sometimes it makes you hesitate.
Some folks find more humanity, some folks find more than sanity.
Don't do this, don't do that, don't try this, don't do that,
Don't try this, don't touch that. Hey, do it for the last time.
By the weight of the world coming down, down on, down on up to me.
Down on up to me, wait for another time.
When you look down on me, I get so uppity,
Starting my own army, just me and my friends, said you better get ready. Hahaha.
Coming down, down on, down on up to me, down on up to me.
Coming down, down on, down on up to me, down on up to
Though it might just come down to trust,
When a young boy wants to die
Thinking he might try taking his own life
And from up, from behind
Put the gun to his side and said:
Give me all your money
Your money or your life
Candy from a stranger
Candy from a stranger
Candy from a stranger
Ca-ca-ca-ca-candy from a stranger
When an old man said he wants to live
Telling the doctor he's got more left to give
Doctor says that you pay or you die
Give me all your money
Money or your life
Candy from a stranger
Candy from a stranger
Candy from a stranger
Ca-ca-ca-ca-candy from a stranger
Give me all your money
Money or your life
Candy from a stranger
People say I'm the life of the party
'Cause I laugh or tell a joke or two
Though I might be laughing loud and hearty
Deep inside I'm blue
So take a good look at my face
You know my smile looks out of place
If you look closer it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears
I need you
If you see me with another guy
Looking like I'm having fun
May be cute, she's just a substitute
'Cause you're the permanent one
So take a good look at my face
You know my smile looks out of place
If you look closer it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears
Outside I'm masquerading
Inside my hope is fading
I'm just a clown since you put me down
My smile is my makeup
I'm absent since my break-up with you
Baby, take a good look at my face
You know my smile looks out of place
If you look closer it's easy to trace
I ran the way, I walked a fine line
Wasted time or need to find
You will call and I'll take mine
And to remind me I am fine
What you are is what you see and
You see me and we can be
Something we can call we
We are we are
Doing the what we can
Working without a plan
I'm beginning to understand
It's getting out of hand
I have seen these closing doors, I've woke up on this floor before
Picked it apart for hours and hours and hours and hours
Of turning tossing and looking and listening to you
And all the fucked up things you do
But you're doing the best you can
With every grain of sand
It's trickling through your hands
Sayin' catch me if you can
If someday comes early, comes whipping, comes whirling
To take you for all you have learned
The tables are turning, your bridges are burning
My destination sometime to return
Throw away your calendar and sign up your salamander
Get up and get down ride in the town and look around
Get up and do something, your time to choose it
Do it do it do it do it do it
Doing the best I can
Living without a plan
I'm taking what I can get
I haven't seen nothing yet
If one day you wake up and find what you make up
Come and get me, come and take me there
Into your illusion I make my intrusion
Anytime, anyplace, anywhere
The hourglass is draining fast
It knows no future holds no past
And all this too will come to pass
Never forever whatever
If someday comes early, comes whipping, comes whirling
To take you for all you have learned
The tables are turning, your bridges are burning
My destination sometime to return
Sometime to return
Sometime to return
Its never quite complete,
Its never ever discrete
But people just disappear
And the people you meet
They come from anywhere
But not just anywhere
They all got stories to tell
They all got secrets to keep
And meet by someone you like
It may go get a fight
Start feeling insecure, you think its something you like
But as youre passing by
You kinda wanna cry
You thinking aint a dream
Its in your life
She keeps meoff the streets,
But she keeps me off the streets
She keeps me off the streets,
She keeps me off the streets,
So I was shooting this shit
Like I could handle it
Like I could live on the door
Running
And throw up crowd in a whole
With nowhere to be and nowhere to go
And once to call my own,
letting me someone, shes in love with
Never cheat again,
And yet the lies a joke
But she keeps me off the streets,
She keeps me off the streets,
She keeps me off the streets,
But she keeps me off the streets,
Hot lava, when it finally breaks
Breaks over your head and leaves you on your way
Then she calls her dad and lies about the cash
And then she bails you out
And then you feel like an ass
Where have you gone,
Got the selfyou got nothing to eat
Ill see you on the streets
But she keeps me off the streets,
She keeps me off the streets,
She keeps me off the streets,
She's all by herself at the end of the day
She'd talk to herself but wouldn't know what to say
Wrings her hands and steps out of the bath
The mirror laughs and splits her in half
She looks around the room at her carpeted tomb
Threw the phone on the floor, left the keys in the door
Tell me when, tell me when
Tell me when, when does life begin
She got in the car and looked up at the stars
And made a wish
She held her breath and considered death
And in the rear view mirror she looked back on her reflection
She was a long way from she wanted to be
And a long way from perfection
Tell me when, tell me when
Tell me when, tell me when
Tell me when
When does life begin
She chickened out and she called triple A
And told them the way
After she paid they fixed the car
She got on her way and she drove past the bar
When no one bought her a drink at
She always though it was 'cause she was too fat
And now she knows those places blow
Or maybe it was her nose
Tell me when, tell me when
Tell me when, tell me when
Tell me when
When does life begin
What are you doing here in my nightmare? (In my nightmare)
Stepping back into the stupidness gets me nowhere (Gets me nowhere)
Look at you now - You look like an angel in hell
Look at you now - Drown in your wishing well
Look at you now - All those strories and there's no one to tell
Look at you now
Do you think you can find a place for your dreams in my nightmares?
And you're tied to the tracks but the train broke down
Wake me up and let me go (from) somebody I used to know
From somewhere in my nightmare.
Don't you remember the years we got nowhere? (We got nowhere)
Look at you now - You look like an angel in hell
Look at you now - Drown in your wishing well
Look at you now - All those strories and there's no one to tell
Look at you now
Do you think you can find a place for your dreams in my nightmares?
And you're playing with a different joker, but there's always one more sucker
And you're tied to the tracks but the train broke down
Trapped at the top of the merry-go-round
But it won't let you down.
Look at you now - You look like an angel in hell
Look at you now - Drown in your wishing well
Look at you now - All those strories and there's no one to tell
Look at you now
The aim of my time is to fill up my mind
And when it gets too full I forget
Now if I'm late and I'm making you wait
Then there ain't one thing around that's even funny
Seein' things clearly and I thank you so dearly
Everything's so true to life when you're not living
When it's all a drag that's when you give it all the way
put it all in bags, just call it charity
You just can't go back
You just can't go back
Everybody's going their own way
Each one is gonna make his day
It's more than amusement now
You're just killing time
(Just killing time) You just can't go back
(Just killing time) You just can't go back
(Just killing time) You just can't go back
Fifteen years later caught in time's incinerator
Yesterday's worries are today's
But the good times are so near just sitting back and drinking beer
You know I'm halfway down the road but I know that I still ain't there
Seeing things clearly I thank you so dearly
Everything's so true to life when you're not living
When it's all a drag that's when you give it all the way
put it all in bags, just call it charity
You just can't go back
(Just killing time) You just can't go back
Everybody's going their own way
Each one is gonna make his day
It's more than amusement now
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