Jesus left Chicago
And he headed down to New Orleans
Jesus left Chicago
And he headed down to New Orleans
Hey hey
Workin' from one end to the other
And all points in between
Took a drive through Mississippi
Muddy water turned to wine
Took a drive through Mississippi
Muddy water turned to wine
Hey hey
Went out to California
Through the points and through the pines
You might not see him in person
But he'll see you just the same
Might not see him in person
But he'll see you just the same
Hey hey
Don't have to worry about nothin'
'Cause takin' care of business is his name
Jesus left Chicago
And he headed down to New Orleans
Jesus left Chicago
And he headed down to New Orleans
Hey hey
Workin' from one end to the other
There are men high up there fishing
Haven't seen quite enough of the world
I ain't seen a sign of my heroes
And I'm still diving down for pearls
Let me flow into the ocean
Let me get back to the sea
Let me be stormy and let me be calm
Let the tide in, and set me free
I'm flowing under bridges
Then flying through the sky
I'm travelling down cold metal
Just a tear in baby's eye
Let me flow into the ocean
Let me get back to the sea
Let me be stormy and let me be calm
Let the tide in, come set me free
Set me free
I am not the actor
This can't be the scene
But I am in the water
As far as I can see...
I'm remembering distant memories
Recalling other names
Rippling over canyons
And boiling in the train
Let me flow into the ocean
Let me get back to the sea
Let me be stormy and let me be calm
Let the tide in, come set me free
Set me free
Set me free
I wanna drown
i'll tell you about the driver who lives inside my head
starts me up and stops me and puts me into bed
he opens up my mouth when it's time for me to talk
fires up my legs when he wants me to walk
keeps my eyes open most of the day
adds to my memory the things that people say
when he makes decisions i dont have to wait
but sometimes it seems he's got to much on his plate
like this morning when i woke up and he dressed me in this shirt
that looks a little ragged where he drug me through the dirt
i'm moving through this life and i'm thinking about the next
and hoping when i get there i'll be better dressed
keeps my eyes open for most of the day
adds to my memory the things that people say
when he makes decisions i dont have to wait
Washed up on shore...
Washed up on shore...
I'd like to live beneath the dirt
A tiny space to move and breathe is all that I would ever need
I want to live beneath the dirt
Where I'd be free from push and shove like all those swarming up above
Beneath your heals I'll spend my time
Shout your name into the wind
I'll wiggle in the earth and dew
Shout your name into the wind
And somtimes I will think of you
Shout your name into the wind
And if you ever think of me
Kneel down and kiss the earth
And show me what this thought is worth
I'll never hear your voice again
Shout your name into the wind...
Shout your name into the wind...
Shout your name into the wind...
Shout your name into the wind...
Shout your name into the wind...
Shout yout name into the wind...
Shout your name into the wind...
The woman was a dream I had though rather hard to keep
For when my eyes were watching hers, they closed, and I was still asleep
For when my hand was holding hers, she whispered words and I awoke
And faintly bouncing around the room the echo of whomever spoke
I awoke and faintly bouncing round the room the echo of whomever spoke
The place I saw was far beneath the surface of the sea
My sight was poor but I was sure the sirens sang their songs for me
They dance above me as I sink I see them through a crystal haze
And hear them bouncing round the room the never ending coral maze
I'm leaving you a message
I'm leaving you a trace
I'm leaving thoughts for you
I hope that time will not erase
And when the moment comes
To read the words that I engraved
You'll find them on the walls of the cave
Of the cave
I know you heard the question
But you didn't make a sound
And when it fell you caught my heart
Before it hit the ground
But if you ever need the names
Of those you couldn't save
You'll find them on the walls of the cave
You'll find them on the walls of the cave
Look at me and time stands still
A mountain here is now a hill
Look away
Look away
The time goes past
These rocks will fall away at last
Look away
Maybe you will see it
As you're passing by alone
Below the moss forgotten
Where some words that turned to stone
It might have been an etching
On a marker of a grave
Or maybe on the walls of the cave
Listen to
The silent trees
But still your words
Float on the breeze
Look away
I see them all
Carved into
The cavern wall
Listen to
The silent trees
Listen to
The silent trees
Listen to
The silent trees
Listen to
The Swiss Miss Girl made her fortune
Doing commercials on TV
But ";Easy come, easy go"; was
Her philosophy
She spent all of her money
She was searching for some cash
So she went to her friend Capt 'n Crunch
Whom she'd met at a Hollywood bash
The second that he saw her
He said, ";I bet you're in need
Of some dough";
Perplexed and confused she asked him,
";Oh but Captain how did you know?";
Laughingly he responded,
";It was really just a lucky hunch";
With tears in her eyes she pleaded,
";Will you help me out Capt 'n Crunch?";
The trials and tribulations
Of the Swiss Miss Girl
She's got a famous reputation
And she's known throughout the world
But life's no bed of roses
She would change things if she could
She plans to make a brand new start
And move out of Hollywood
The Captain now was grinning
He felt he had her in the palm of his hand
He said, ";Darlin' you're a penniless woman
And I'm a wealthy man";
You know the rules of the game by now
I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine
He said, ";Let me take you out
And we'll talk about this
Over a bottle of wine";
The Swiss Miss Girl was disgusted
And she smacked him right in his face
Then she took his hat
And she stamped on that
Just to put him in his place
But the old man was persistent
He would not be undaunted
The more that he'd been taunted
The more she turned him on
Then the Captain made a pass at the Swiss Miss Girl
Tryin' to show her his affection
She screamed for help And when she did...
Mr. Clean came to her protection
The trials and tribulations
Of the Swiss Miss Girl
She's got a famous reputation
And she's known throughout the world
But life's no bed of roses
She would change things if she could
She plans to make a brand new start
And move out of Hollywood
We've got it simple, 'cause we've got a band
And we've got cymbals in the band
We've got it simple, 'cause we've got a band
And we've got cymbals in the band
What is a band without cymbals?
Ooh ooh, cymbals are grand
We've got a saxophone, 'cause we've got a band
And we've got a saxophone in the band
We've got a saxophone, 'cause we've got a band
And we've got saxophone in the band
What is a band without saxophone?
Ooh ooh, saxophone is grand
Cymbals and saxophones
Saxophones and cymbals
Cymbals and saxophones
Saxophones and cymbals
We've got Be-bop, 'cause we've got a band
And we play Be-bop in the band
We've got skyscrapers and it seems a pretty tune
Every band needs skyscrapers too
What is a band without skyscrapers?
Ooh ooh, skyscrapers is grand
Sim-Bop and Be-Bophone
Sky-Balls and Sax-Scraper
Sim-Bop and Be-Bophone
Sky-Balls and Sax-Scraper
It's hidden far away but someday I may tell
The tale of metal tangle when into your world I fell
Without you now I wander soaking secretly afraid
But in your grasp the fears don't last though some of them have stayed
I wheeled around because I, I didn't hear what you had said
And saw you dancing with Elihu up on Leemor's bed
And I was foggy rather groggy, you helped me to my car
The binding belt enclosing me, a sample in a jar
And on the market stands unfolding with all their willies and their wares
I shuffle by alert but numb to all the glances and the glares
I think of you unheeding all the times I raise my cup
It's now I know that you knew that I'd soon end up, end up
I wheeled around because I, I didn't hear what you had said
And saw you dancing with Elihu up on Leemor's bed
And I was foggy rather groggy, you helped me to my car
The binding belt enclosing me, a sample in a jar
You tricked me like the others and now I don't belong
The simple smiles and good times seem all wrong
I wheeled around because I, I didn't hear what you had said
And saw you dancing with Elihu up on Leemor's bed
And I was foggy rather groggy, you helped me to my car
The binding belt enclosing me, a sample in a jar
Sample in a jar
A sample in a jar
There's a mouse starin' out of the window
His car is trapped in the snow
He's planning a family vacation
But he just can't go
Around the next corner's a red bird
His feathers are trapped in a sling
He's passed by some gunslinging parrot
Who's jealous he ain't got no grin
There ain't no time to stash the gumbo
Or rattle around in a cage
The sacrificed child's made bubbles
And spittle is everywhere enraged
In a hot sand I render my feet
They're blistered and caked with debris
Chez rolez is guarding the tote board
While Angry piddles with glee
There's a fool writing notes out on sandpaper
He's sending them off to himself
He gets them a couple days later
Who put them along his top shelf
If you get tired of shavings
And carve up a good hunk of wood
Remembering to check on the sausage
Much ado is all I see
And feel like it's surrounding me
The crowd intrudes all day
'Til I'm finally swept away
I'm finally swept away
I'm finally swept away
I'm finally swept away
there are no lyrics to this song
It's time I sling the baskets off this overburdened horse
Sink my toes into the ground and set a different course
Cause if I were here and you were there
I'd meet you in between [originally "Mathilda in between"]
[Instrumental]
Instrumental
Ahhh!
Divided sky, the wind blows high
[the divided sky chant is part of an ancient ritual dating back to the
Pre-wilson years of she purity in gamehendge. after listening to the
Sacred sounds for a sloping lawn, three chosen subjects eat a special
Root collected at the base of the enormous mountain that rises in the
Center of the forest. the root is believed to contain the spirit of
Icculus, who lives at the top of the mountain. after eating the root,
They venture into a vast field at sundown. the field is deep green,
And stretches as far as the eye can see in all directions. in the
Center of the field stands an enormous black rhombus. they climb the
Rhombus and begin to sing, paying homage to the gods of the night
[(appears twice on the album)]
When you're there, I sleep lengthwise
And when you're gone
[Part 1 - Fluff's Travels]
[Part 2 - The Chase]
[Part 3 - Who do? We do!]
[Part 4 - Clod]
Tipsy fuddled boozy groggy elevated prime did edit her
Hellborn elfchild roadhog mountain fortune hunter man beheaded her
Fat bulk expanse mass lump block clod
Tipsy fuddled boozy groggy elevated prime did edit her
Rabid victim martyr stranded level headed boy, ya better bend
Soon your luscious honey sugar mellifluous life is gonna end
Fat bulk expanse mass lump block clod
Rabid victim martyr stranded level headed boy, ya better bend
[Part 5 - Bundle of Joy]
(instrumental)
Rhine wine, Car horn
Now that you've deceived me, and played my name around
And hung those nasty flyers, on all the buildings in town
Dribbled my possessions in a ring around the earth
And bought and sold my self-control for less than it was worth
Now I know the reason that I'm feeling so forlorn
I'll pick you up at eight as usual, listen for my horn
[Instrumental]
Don't want to be an actor pretending on the stage
Don't want to be a writer with my thoughts out on the page
Don't want to be a painter 'cause everyone comes to look
Don't want to be anything where my life's an open book
A dream, it's true but I'd see it through
If I could be wasting my time with you
Don't want to be a farmer working in the sun
Don't want to be an outlaw always on the run
Don't want to be a climber reaching for the top
Don't want to be anything where I don't know when to stop
A dream it's true but I'd see it through
If I could be wasting my time with you
So if I'm inside your head
Don't believe what you might have read
You'll see what I might have said
To hear it come waste your time with me
Come waste your time with me
So if I'm inside your head
Don't believe what you might have read
You'll see what I might have said
To hear it come waste your time with me
Come waste your time with me
Come waste your time with me
Come waste your time with me
Come waste your time with me
Come waste your time with me
Come waste your time with me
I spoke your name for many days
Pronouncing it in several ways
I spoke your name for many days
Pronouncing it in several ways
And moving letters all around
And when you heard the end result
I told you it was not my fault
If you were here more of the day
It wouldn't twist around that way
It wouldn't twist around that way
It wouldn't twist around that way
It wouldn't twist around that way
It wouldn't twist around that way
It wouldn't twist around that way
It wouldn't twist around that way
It wouldn't twist around that way
It wouldn't twist around that way
It wouldn't twist around that way
It wouldn't twist around that way
It wouldn't twist around that way
It wouldn't twist around that way
Wouldn't twist around
Wouldn't twist around
Wouldn't twist around
Won't you step into the freezer?
[Instrumental]
I need a new way to express myself
So you don't need to guess
What otherwise I'd say aloud
And watch it float just like a cloud
High up above you like a thunderhead
But you would just look down instead
And you wait 'til foggy skies abate
And vapor clouds all dissipate
And when with them all my words for you
Have softly sublimated too
And you'll just hope that I've moved on
The squirming coil of sunset, I keep within my reach
Tried yesterday to get away and hitchhiked to the beach
I saw Satan on the beach trying to catch a ray
He wasn't quite the speed of light and the squirming coil
It got away, yea, it got away
It got away, yea, it got away
It got away, yea, it got away
The muscles flex the mother's ring, they fasten children to her king
And sent him down the crooked street
When he returns, the birth's complete
Jimmy holds the tannis root, the forest's tasty nectar shoot
The sun tips off the monarch's suit from sequined sash to shiny boot
I'd like to lick the coil some day like Icarus, who had to pay
With melting wax and feathers brown and he tasted it on his way down
Stun the puppy, burn the whale, bark a scruff and go to jail
Forge the coin and lick the stamp, little jimmy's off to camp
It got away, yea, it got away
It got away, yea, it got away
It got away, yea, it got away
Slave to the traffic light, slave
Slave to the traffic light, slave
See the city, see the zoo
The pressure builds, you buy a gift
You're hoping that your dread will lift
It glitters on her like a glass
You shudder as it comes to pass
Apologize to Luce and Lil'
Converse with Ed, a drive with Jill
Your friends confine you in their worlds
One by one, a string of pearls
Confuse you say, this isn't me
You hover in their unity
Ashamed, you slowly lose your grasp
Release the links, undo the clasp
The skin that drips down from the tree
And peels back slowly from your knee
Erupts into your lung and heart
You laugh and laughing, fall apart
Laugh and laughing, fall apart
Laugh and laughing, fall apart
Laugh and laughing, fall apart
Much ado is all I see
(Although my roots were deep)
In fact it is surrounding me
The seething crowd intrudes all day
(I sank in hillsides deep)
Until I'm finally swept away
Although I thought my roots were deep
(The rivers that erode)
I sank them into hillsides steep
And riverbanks that soon erode
(And canyons overflow)
I can't describe the feeling when
I'm in my bed asleep and then
I wake up with a vision blurred
And all my efforts are deterred
To reconstruct this image lost
There're certain things my mind must do
And even though they're very few
The image glistens like a gem
Repairing is not one of them
So I'm awake though in my mind
The image thats so unrefined
Is calling to me from the deep
If you can heal the symptoms
but not affect the cause
it's quite a bit like trying to heal
the gunshot wound with gauze
if you instead attempt to rest
the pistol from the hand
then I would not be able to
equate my life with sand
Flowing through the hourglass
pushing through the funnel
turn once more and racing
all your siblings for the tunnel
slide and let the silicone
embrace you as you fall
then bounce around
and let your brothers
crush you to the wall
I would choose my own religion
worship my own spirit
but if he ever preached to me
I wouldn't want to hear it
I'd drop him a forgotten god
languishing in shame
and then if I hit stormy seas
I'd have myself to blame
If you can heal the symptoms,
but not affect the cause
Oh, to be Prince Caspian afloat upon the waves
Oh, to be Prince Caspian afloat upon the waves
Oh, to be Prince Caspian afloat upon the waves
Oh, to be Prince Caspian
With nothing to return to but the demons in their caves
Oh, to be prince Caspian afloat upon the waves
Oh, to be Prince Caspian afloat upon the waves
Oh, to be Prince Caspian afloat upon the waves
Oh, to be Prince Caspian
And the children in the fields are sewing seed and chaffing wheat
Oh, to be Prince Caspian with stumps instead of feet
Oh, to be Prince Caspian
Oh, to be Prince Caspian
Oh, to be Prince Caspian
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[Instrumental]
Zither, Rachel, cardamom, frost - But at what cost?
Threshold, skin, fortress, win - A life of sin
Pliers, tension, toy store, grace - The human race
Raking, fourteen, basket, screw - Now how 'bout you?
Passion, cardboard, raisin, stop - A better crop
Field, cater, open, new - Who's mocking who?
It's just a mock song
Gas, thirsty, rattle, tick - A bone to pick
Fountain, egg, treason, cave - Will you dance on grave?
Throat, carrot, meeting, choke - I got that joke
Temper, thistle, Rodney, wilt - The house I built
Fewer, pink, Kyle, ball - I've known them all
Penny, thistle, cell phone, blow - Reap what you sow
Because it's just a mock song
The old man knows very well
Going down round the snowbank, there's a mound
A mound that an old man knows good
Look who raises his shoe all over this mound
Right over the world that's another rewind
And it's time, time, time for the last rewind
For a broken old man and a world unkind
He buried all his memories of home
In an icy clump that lies beneath the ground
No one knows how far he traveled
Oh! I heard he walked miles from the little mound
Can he find some shelter?
He doesn't know to behold what the cold frost can do
And at last till he realized he'd circled back around
Round a back circle, round a back realized
chorus
Ice is all he was made of
The bitter blue, and frozen through
He went over to the mound
Reclining down his final thoughts
My sweet one, I'll call you my sweet one
You're my only true sweet one
With my all, I'll call you my sweet one
From far away, I'll say your name
Oh with you, I'd travel thick
And with you, I'd also travel thin
And all the spaces in between
I'd travel with you, you're my sweet one
But for now I must sit here and ponder the yonder
Herbivores ate well cause their food didn't never run
Oh, if You're ever unsatisfied with the way life's treating You
You know You can count on me to take good care of You
I love you honey oh yes I do You know that's true of course
Piper, piper the red, red worm
Awoke last night to the sound of the storm
The words are the words, I sailed upon
Piper, piper the red, red worm
Awoke last night to the sound of the storm
The words are the words, I sailed upon
Piper, piper the red, red worm
Awoke last night to the sound of the storm
The words are the words, I sailed upon
Written by dizzy gillespie and gil fuller
Crab in my shoemouth
Crab in my shoemouth
Crab in my shoemouth
Oh Tequila, I turn to you like a long lost friend
I want to kiss my Mexican Cousin once again
We'll cover every emotion from happiness to sorrow,
And the conversations I forget, you'll tell me about tomorrow
When the phone calls start, am I in bed or in a hearse?
The things you tell me about myself can't make me feel any worse
Well I'm awful sorry you got pissed
Just have to cross you off the list
Of my true friends...
The overhead view is of me in a maze
And you see what I'm hunting a few steps away
And I take a wrong turn and I'm on the wrong path
And the people all watching enjoy a good laugh
Embarrassed with failure, I try to reverse
The course that my tread had already traversed
So doing the trauma engulfing my dream
Invaded through what was an unguarded seam
The torrent of helplessness swept me away
To the cavern of shame and the hall of dismay
Inside me a voice was repeating this phrase:
[Instrumental]
[Many years after the overthrow of Wilson, a rebel soldier crouching
high on a hilltop above the war torn forests of Gamehendge spots a
group of loyalists approaching from their lakeside encampment below.
His trusty llama stands beside him, loaded down with a canvas pack
that holds two large bazooka type guns to the animal's sides. Near the
man sits a cache of blastoplast, each capable of destroying the entire
hillside in an instant...]
Sunrise over the turquoise mountains
Messenger birds in sight
They came up through the valley
Both sides at a time
Through the cold steady rain
Raid!
I bend down
Poke a double decker on a llama
Taboot
Llama, Taboot Taboot
Trigger a blastoplast, ramshackle laker recedes
I start to run
It was the loudest thing I'd ever heard
And I knew my time had come
To enter the delta
Leave it on press [2x]
Depress, Depress
Llama, Taboot Taboot
Leave it on press
Depress, Depress
Llama, Taboot Taboot
Llama, Taboot Taboot
Llama, Taboot Taboot
Taboot Taboot
Taboot Taboot
Taboot
Take me to another place, she said
Take me to another time
Run with me across the oceans
Float me on a silver cloud
If I could I would, but I don't know how
If I could I would, but I don't know how
If I could I would and I'd take you now
Stay with me till time turns over
I want to feel my feet leave the ground
Take me where the whispering breezes
Can lift me up and spin me around
If I could I would...
Hear you laughing as we go
Flipping backward through the doors and through the windows...
I'm melting into nothing
If I could I would, but I don't know how
If I could I would, but I don't know how
I'm looking through and it all would be so crystal clear
If it wasn't for the foam
But the foam keeps getting thicker, and it just keeps getting harder
I crashed, I burned
But then I learned
To keep my eye on you
You always say
You'll lead the way
But then you never do
I slowed, I swerved
But lost my nerve
And quickly looked away
When I looked back
The day was black
Then I heard you say
Why is the sun hot?
Why does it rain?
Why is there danger and
Why is there pain?
Why can't the burden
we carry go away?
And why isn't it Friday today?
Your lack of trust
Is hardly just
So do as you've been told
Please follow me
Into the sea
Don't worry if it's cold
I knew right then
My chance again
Had quickly slipped away
I crash I cry
I burn but I
Still follow anyway
Why is the sea cool?
Why is it blue?
Why do I stay here?
Why is it you
Notice the danger
But don't help in any way?
I'm floating in the blimp a lot, I feel the feeling I forgot
Of swimming weightless in the womb or bouncing gently around the room
In a minute I'll be free, and you'll be splashing in the sea
I feel no curiosity, I see the path ahead of me
In a minute I'll be free, and you'll be splashing in the sea
I hear a tiny cry as we go sliding by
And we're glad glad glad that you're alive
And we're glad glad glad that you'll arrive
And we're glad glad glad glad glad glad glad
I feel I never told you
The story of the ghost
That I once knew and talked to
Of whom I'd never boast
For this was my big secret
How I'd get ahead
And never have to worry
I'd call him instead
His answer came in actions
He never spoke a word
Or maybe I laid down the phone
Before he could be heard
I somehow feel forsaken
Like he had closed the door
I guess I just stopped needing him
As much as once before
But maybe he's still with me
The latch was left unhooked
He's waiting in the wind and rain
Fluffhead was a man with a horrible disease
Could not find no cure, won't you help him if you please?
Fluff came to my door askin' me for change
His eyes were clear and pure but his mind was so deranged
Fluff went to a banker askin' for some bills
Momma sing sing thatcha gotta jibboo.
Papa sing gotta jibboo
Momma sing sing thatcha gotta jibboo.
Gotta jibboo and keep on drinking, too
[Instrumental]
[Instrumental]
It was late one fall night at a fairground near town
When Esther first saw the Armenian man
Who groveled toward her and stood by her side
With a bucket that swung in his hand
His grin stretched the folds of his pasty white cheeks
And his lips hurled a dollop of murk on the curb
And the lights from the rides showed a mischievous sparkle
That flashed in his hollow eyed stare
He said "Little girl, you can chop off my legs
And then peel off my socks if you want to.
But I'd rather you took this old puppet from me
That I hold in my pail as we speak."
And he stood looking down at the innocent girl
And she stared at the bucket bewildered
Til he lifted the doll for the young girl to see
And a giant smile grew on his face
She saw the doll's eyes and she couldn't resist
And she thanked the man quickly and ran to the church
And she burst through the door with puppet held high
And a hush filled the chapel, and the people looked mean
Esther tried in vain to pacify the mob
Quibble grew to spat, to wrangle, then to brawl
The frenzied congregation struggled desperately to fetch
The pretty puppet snugly nestled deep in Esther's leather sack
Through the window of the church a storm began to rage
And Esther knew the time had come to flee
She scurried down the aisle toward the doorway in the distance
And out into the rainstorm where she felt she would be free
But the wind was blowing harder
And her skirt began to billow
Until finally her feet began to lift
And she rose above the people and the houses and the chimneys
And Esther and the doll were set adrift
Floating higher over the hills,
and the valleys and treetops they'd flutter and glide
Soaring and turning suspended on air
With the earth far below them they'd tumble
And dive through the clouds
And she began to plummet earthward till she landed in the nasty part of town
She glanced about the village sure to find the evil men
Who rob and pillage in the darkest hour of night
Nervously she fumbled for the pouch that held the
Puppet on her rump.
Feeling quite outnumbered Esther hid behind
A nearby pile of lumber, where she waited till the dawn
Cause it would have been a blunder to
Succumb to a hoodlum on the prowl
When the morning came, she wandered through the streets
Along the chilly lake that lay beside the town
At last a peaceful moment, but she thought she heard a sound
It was an angry mob of joggers coming up to knock her down
As Esther stood and shook her head the joggers were approaching
And she knew she had no choice left but to swim
As the frosty water sank its bitter teeth into her hide
She tried to slide the heavy clothing from her skin
Naked now she made her way toward the shore
When suddenly she felt a tiny tugging at her toe.
And the puppet she'd forgotten wrapped its tiny
Little arms around her ankle and wouldn't let her go.
The waves seemed to open and swallow her whole
As the doll pulled her down through the eerie green deep
And the sound of the laughing old man filled her ears
Let's go out to dinner and see a movie
Let's go out to dinner and see a movie
Let's go out to dinner
And see a movie
Let's go out to dinner and see a movie
You may as well keep your belly full
For the time may come when you'll rely on the layer of fat
That separates you from the rabid dog and the common fly
To a less demanding place on your spine
I feel you shift my weight around
I squirm and roll beneath your flesh
Just like the guy you met in town
He's yelling at the parking lot
Throwing beer cans down the stairs
Driving home to Mom and Dad
The tires are the things on your car that make contact with the road
The car is the thing on the road that takes you back to your abode
The tires are the things on your car that make contact with the road
Bummed is what you are when you go out to your car and it's been towed
I woke up one morning in November and I realized I love you
It's not your headlights in front, your tailpipe, or the skylight above you
It's the way you cling to the road when the wind tries to shove you
Dahlia and I were taking a bath
And dahlia was smoking a cigar
And she said to me
"i bet you've never taken a bath
With a girl smoking a cigar before"
And she told me all about her car accident
She was overdosed on valium
And she made an attempt to cross "the west side highway"
Dahlia, I know I've done you wrong
Dahlia, I know I've done you wrong
Dahlia, I know I've done you wrong
But dahlia, you know you've done me wrong too
She wore an old camel t-shirt
With some magic of it's own
And we listened to the stones
Sucking cherry charms blowpops
David Bowie
UB 40
If you're just staring at your walls
observing echoing footfalls
from tenants wandering distant halls
then this one is for you
if children playing all around
to you is noise not pleasant sound
and you'd be lost on the playground
then this one is for you
all alone the life you lead
a silent diner where you feed
bow your head pretend to read
this one is for you
slip past strangers in the street
there's no one that you care to meet
longing for your TV seat
this one is for you
Come stumble my mirth beaten worker
I'm Jezmund the family berzerker
I'm bought for the price of a flagon of rice
The wind buffs the cabin, you speak of your life
Or more willingly Locust the Lurker
Confuse what you can of the ending
And revise your despise so impending
'Cause I soak on the wrath that you didn't quite mask
I'm getting it clearly through alternate paths
Or mixed in with the signal you're sending
But who can unlearn all the facts that I've learned
As I sat in their chairs and my synapses burned
And the torture of chalk dust collects on my tongue
Thoughts follow my vision and dance in the sun
All my vasoconstrictors they come slowly undone
Can't this wait till I'm old? Can't I live while I'm young?
But no peace for Jezmund tonight
I plug the distress tube up tight
And watch what I say as it flutters away
And all this emotion is kept harmless at bay
Not to educate somebody's fright
[Instrumental]
(Doctor Davis, telephone please...Doctor Davis, telephone please)
I'd catapult downtown to see the galleries
And my favorite fiancee in a lavender gown
But I'm hooked up to a machine
It performs my daily functions through a tube in my wien
And today that thing malfunctioned
Like a forest fire it burnt a hole in me and I perspired
So there ain't gonna be a wedding
There've been times when I wander
And times when I don't
Concepts I'll ponder
And concepts I won't ever see
God isn't one of these
Former or latter
Which did you think I meant
It doesn't matter to me
(Don't need it)
(Don't need it)
(Thoughts faded)
(Overrated)
Gold in my hand
In a country pool
Standing and waving
The rain, wind on the runway
Spending or saving
Credit or debt
Which did you think I meant
Summer sitting out by the pool
A ray of sunshine getting in my way
Close your eyes and wish that it were cool
Everyday
And I wish it could be back the other way
But what's dissolved ain't coming back today
Close your eyes and wish that it were
Close your eyes and wish that it were
Axilla axilla axilla axilla
Never understood what my body was for
That's why I always leave it layin out on the floor
The shape a curiosity
Where different faces fit before
And tracing my image in the sand
To pass the time from slip to fall
The line I trace begins to weave
A tangled web from wall to wall
Time agrees, or pick up screams alone above the square
Oh, sing softly.
Above the trees where Billy Breathes we float upon the air
Woah
Softly sing sweet songs (3x)
Time, it seems, emotion beams, I'll wake you when we're there
Oh, sing softly
Time, it seems, in broken dreams, to sleep beside the stair
Woah
a great instramental
Leigh Fordham sold me out
46 days and the coal ran out
Please come 'round here another day
Sit yourself down
When you're ready to stay
She dug down when they took the town
Lookin' for clues
But they couldn't be found
Leigh found out she was ready to roam
47 days and the coal came home
Taste the fear
For the Devil's drawing near
Taste the fear
For the Devil's drawing near
It's been ten long years since I left my home in the hollow where I was born
Where the cool fall nights make the woods smell right and the fox hunter blows him horn
I fell in love with a girl from the town, I thought that she would be true
I ran away to Charlottsville and worked in a sawmill or two
What have they done to the old home place?
Why did they tear it down?
And why did I leave the plow in the field and look for a job in the town?
Now the girl ran off with somebody else, tarriffs took all my pay
And here I stand where the old home stood before they took it away
Now geese fly south and the cold wind blows as I stand here and hang my head
I lost my love and lost my home, and now I wish that I was dead
Several times, uncontiously
I've stumbled upon the path
And seen a mountain in the mist
As rain falls on my shoulders
Sun rises in the east
A mourning bruise
but I am here at least
I guess im just an obsticle
A thing to overcome
If I could sneek around myself
Again I'll know I've won
The moment seems to hang and float
Before me with no end
'till I'm released, awaken beast
I'm on the road again
But now i'm soaring far to high
A fleck of dust upin the sky
Where tiny clouds go sailing by
Pull me down today
Woven in the fairy-tales
We fabricate each day
Our little golden strands of truth
That glimmer in the light
The colorful material
You hold a certin way
Can keep us from the cold
And help to get us through the night
But now i'm soaring far to high
A fleck of dust upin the sky
Where tiny clouds go sailing by
Pull me down today x4
oooooooooooooo
I went down to the guitar store
And I bought myself some things
Then I went home to fix this guitar
To see if it could sing
When I got done I plugged it in
But it made no sound at all
So I was gettin' pretty pissed
And I plugged it into the wall
Guess it's not a singing type
It would rather yell and spit.
If you don't think you'll like this guitar
Then you're really askin' for shit
'Cause when I get mad, I get red
And then I start to steam
And this guitar is gonna fuck your face
'Cause it knows how to scream
Hi, I'm Bill
I was the one who did the cover art
If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me
For I must be traveling on now
There's too many places I gotta see
And if I stay here with you girl
Things just wouldn't be the same
For I'm as free as a bird now
And this bird you cannot change
And the bird you cannot change
And the bird you cannot change
Waking up
Scattered lace
Cigarette
From your face
Time to go
You won't leave
I don't know
What to believe
For I've been fooled by images
That move around me like you do
Of all the dreams I've ever had
Why would you come true
Well, it was many years ago now
But I really can't be sure
That's when it all began then
I heard that knock upon my door
And the wolfman's brother
The wolfman's brother
Came down on me
The telephone was ringing
That's when I handed it to Liz
She said, "This isn't who it would be
If it wasn't who it is"
And the wolfman's brother
The wolfman's brother
Coming down on me
So I might be on a side street
Or a stairway to the stars
I hear the high pitched cavitation
Of propellers from afar
It's the wolfman's brother
The wolfman's brother
The wolfman's brother
The wolfman's brother
The wolfman's brother
The wolfman's brother
Coming down on me
Right down on me
So with meaningless excitement
And smooth atonal sound
It's like a cross between a hurricane
And a ship that's run aground
It's the wolfman's brother
The wolfman's brother
The wolfman's brother
The wolfman's brother
The wolfman's brother
The wolfman's brother
Coming down on
Coming down on me
(It's the wolfman's brother)
It's the wolfman's brother
It's the wolfman's brother
Wilson
Wilson
Wilson
Wilson
Oh out near Stonehenge, I lived alone
Oh out near Gamehendge, I chafed a bone
Wilson, King of Prussia, I lay this hate on you
Wilson, Duke of Lizards, I beg it all true for you
Talk my Duke a mountain, Helping Friendly Book
Inasfar as fiefdom, I think you bad crook
Wilson, King of Prussia, I lay this hate on you
Wilson, Duke of Lizards, I beg it all true for you
Wilson
Wilson
Wilson
I talked to Mike Christian, Rog and Pete the same
When we had that meeting, over down near Gamehendge
Wilson, King of Prussia, I lay this hate on you
Wilson, Duke of Lizards, I beg it all true for you
You got me back thinkin' that you're the worst one
I must inquire, Wilson, can you still have fun?
Wilson, can you still have fun now Wilson
Can you still have fun now, Wilson
When I see the connection
Though I see I don't stare
Though I see I don't stare
When I'm lost in my reflection
Though I see I don't stare
Though I see I don't stare
Then I change my direction
One foot follows the other
One foot follows something new
'Cause I need some protection
And I'm scared I could lose it
If I stare you'll be gone
When I need some attention
Though I see I don't stare
Though I see I don't stare
[whistles]
When I see the connection
Though I see I don't stare
Though I see I don't stare
When I'm lost in my reflection
Though I see I don't stare
Though I see I don't stare
Then I change my direction
One foot follows the other
One foot follows something new
'Cause I need some protection
And I'm scared I could lose it
Remember all the days in the pond
Catchin' wild trout till the break of dawn
Now that you've become a man, looking very mean
Got a nice shiny sports car, keep it very clean
Don't ask him what it was, tell him what it is (2x)
Sing the song now:
Ya mar, ya mar, ya mar, ya mar,
ya mar, ya mar, ya mar,
I got an oh kee pah
She used to be a vampire child, walkin' in the yard
Now that she's become a woman, lookin' very proud
You used to wear a piece of cloth tied around your head
Now she looks so good, wanna love you dead
Don't ask her what it was, tell her what it is (2x)
Sing the song now:
Ya mar, ya mar, ya mar,
ya mar, ya mar, ya mar,
I look at you all, see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping
While my guitar gently weeps
I don't know why nobody told you
How to unfold your love
I don't know why someone controlled you
They bought and sold you
I look at the world and I notice it's turning
While my guitar gently weeps
With every mistake we must surely be learning
Still my guitar gently weeps
I don't know why you were inverted
No one alerted you
I don't know why you were perverted
No one alerted you
I look at you all, see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
Look at you all
He walked on down the hall...
Walked on down the hall
He said, "mother..."
"father, I want to kill you..."
"mother...
I want to cook you breakfast...
I want to cook you breakfast, mother...
Mother...i wanna cook you breakfast...
Then I wanna...i wanna borrow the car...
Then I wanna borrow the car...
Then I wanna..."
Ooooooooooh
Trying to make a woman match your moves
Ooooooooooh
And I'm sharing in the weekapaug groove
Trying to make a woman match your moves
Ooooooooooh
And I'm sharing in the weekapaug groove
Trying to make a woman match your moves
Ooooooooooh
Undecided, undefined, undisturbed yet undermined
Relocated not retired, reprimanded and rewind
Mystified and misshapen, misinformed but not mistaken
Reinvented, redefined, rearranged but not refined
Unrelenting, under stroked, undeterred yet unprovoked
Reinvented, redefined, rearranged but not refined
Mystified and misshapen, misinformed but not mistaken
Undecided, undefined
Undecided, undefined, undisturbed but undermined
Relocated not retired, reprimanded and rewind
Mystified and misshapen, misinformed but not mistaken
Reinvented, redefined, rearranged but not refined
Unrelenting, under stroked, undeterred yet unprovoked
Undecided, undefined
Undecided, undefined, undisturbed but undermined
Relocated not retired, reprimanded and rewind
Mystified and misshapen, misinformed but not mistaken
Reinvented, redefined, rearranged but not refined
Unrelenting, under stroked, undeterred yet unprovoked
Undecided, undefined
Undecided, undefined
Undecided, undefined
Undecided, undefined
Undecided, undefined
Undecided, undefined
Undecided, undefined
Undecided, undefined
Oh, the people would come from faraway
They'd dance all night till the break of day
When the caller hollered, "Do-se-do"
He knew uncle Pen was ready to go
Late in the evenin' about sundown
High on the hill and above the town
Uncle Pen played the fiddle, oh, how it would ring
You can hear it talk, you can hear it sing
He played an old tune he called, "Soldier's joy"
And the one he wrote called, "The Boston boy"
But the greatest of all was, "Jenny Lynn"
To me that's where the fiddle begins
Late in the evenin' about sundown
High on the hill and above the town
Uncle Pen played the fiddle, oh, how it would ring
You can hear it talk, you can hear it sing
But I'll never forget that mournful day
When uncle Pen was called away
They hung up his fiddle and they hung up his bow
I knew it was time for him to go
Late in the evenin' about sundown
High on the hill and above the town
Uncle Pen played the fiddle, oh, how it would ring
You can hear it talk, you can hear it sing
Late in the evenin' about sundown
High on the hill and above the town
Uncle Pen played the fiddle, oh, how it would ring
Aaa, ooo
Ten mountains stand tall, nine seasons since fall
Eight eons of sand, seven oceans began
Now there is none, no more light from the sun
Now waters run free, no more fish in the sea
One more name on the slate
One less minute to wait
Too busy to see two versions of me
One more bottle is dry, one less reason to try
One more name on the slate
One less minute to wait
Too busy to see two versions of me
One more bottle is dry, one less reason to try
Six feet underneath five fingers don't reach
Four seconds it seems for all of our dreams
Three oceans away two children at play
Too busy to see two versions of me
Two versions of me
Two versions of me
Whats the use in going fast?
If you are not in a race.
You'll find soon that everyone,
Accepts a slower pace.
What's the use in in telling them,
It's all right in the same?
Arrows in the tablecloth,
I'd like to cut your head off so I could weigh it, what do you say?
Five pounds, six pounds to seven pounds
I'd like to go to your house and gather all your razors and pick all the
Little prickly hairs so I can weigh them, what do you say?
Five pounds, six pounds, seven pounds
I'd like to gather all your friends and squish them all into a small
Swimming pool so I can weigh them, what do you say?
Five pounds, six pounds, seven pounds
Why weigh on a sunny day?
So much to do, so why oh why weigh on a sunny day?
Why oh why weigh-hey?
Why weigh, oh why oh why weigh?
I'd like to hear my options, so I can weigh them, what do you say?
Five pounds, six pounds, seven pounds
Why weigh on a sunny day?
So much to do, so why, oh why weigh on a sunny day?
Why oh why? weigh hey?
Why oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why?
Blind me with ambition like a razor to the throat
Cast aside your foolish pride I'll cast the final vote
The feelings you've been waiting for are clawing thru your skin
And if you look above you'll see the vultures moving in
Timing is everything, that much I know.
Sometimes I'm fast(er) and sometimes I'm slow
Some days vacation but some days I'm told
I've come to to the end of the line
But when I can't be what's expected of me
I look at the clock and say this can't be
Watching it pass without reason or rhyme
I feel I'm suspended in time
(Repeat replacing last line with)
I see the vultures moving in (repeat)
(Fish repeats some phrases in here
Won't you step into the freezer
Seize her with a tweezer
Won't you step into the freezer
Tease her with a tweezer
It's gonna be cold, cold, cold, cold, cold
(It's gonna be cold )
(Cold, cold, cold, cold, cold)
It's gonna be cold, cold, cold, cold, cold
(It's gonna be cold )
(Cold, cold, cold, cold, cold)
It's gonna be cold, cold, cold, cold, cold
(It's gonna be cold)
(Cold, cold, cold, cold, cold)
It's gonna be cold, cold, cold, cold
Won't you step into the freezer
Please her with a tweezer
Won't you step into the freezer
Please her with a tweezer
It's gonna be cold, cold, cold, cold, cold
(It's gonna be cold )
(Cold, cold, cold, cold, cold)
It's gonna be cold, cold, cold, cold, cold
(It's gonna be cold )
(Cold, cold, cold, cold, cold)
It's gonna be cold, cold, cold, cold, cold
(It's gonna be cold)
(Cold, cold, cold, cold, cold)
It's gonna be cold, cold, cold, cold
Look who's in the freezer
Too much anger trapped inside
It's so hard to let it go
Hope is fading
I'm tired of waiting
And I'm moving much too slow
The stars above I'm cursing
And it still seems I'm rehearsing
But the cameras have been
Rolling all the while
This story's getting boring
And the spectators are snoring
I suggest you turn the dial
Life is a tv show
Should've been canceled long ago
Life is a tv show
Should've been canceled long ago
Life is a tv show
Life is a tv show
Life is a tv show
Should've been canceled long ago
I saw a headline in the paper
Of another ticker taper
For a war which has barely just begun
We'll be waving our flag silly
As we're chopped into piccalilli
And that's not my idea of fun
Life is a tv show
Should've been canceled long ago
Life is a tv show
Should've been canceled long ago
Life is a tv show
Life is a tv show
Life is a tv show
An asteroid crashed and nothing burned
It made me wonder
Do tigers sleep in lily patches?
Doctor, mine does run for thunder
I got an ache in my left ear
I felt the truth but I still could hear
Made me think, I would not be burned
But rather give myself to science
I felt that I could help
To science, I felt that I can help
Paranoid, the doctor ran
Shouting his graphic translation
[Incomprehensible]
Gang wars and ails of riches
Spewing forth their color
He purposely waited till I was done
To knock on the lavatory door
Accusing me of ruining the fun
He knocked on it some more
The fun, he knocked on it some more
And alloy suitors were all inside
An apple or a grape
To put forth a cloud of mercury
In front of a mighty car
On a freeway in Los Angeles
Once the spraying has been done
'Cause there's more pain from necessity
You're a portrait of your past
There's a mummy in the cabinet
Are there no more arrows left?
What's that rubber bottle doing here?
How's that napkin for a proof?
Ten cents to a dollar now
For a shelf of pregnant ears
Robert Palmer is applauded
Again, again, again
So stupendous, living in this tube
So stupendous, living in this tube
So stupendous, living in this tube
I feed from the bottom, you feed from the top
I live upon morsels you happen to drop
And coffee that somehow leaks out of your cup
If nothing comes down then I'm forced to swim up
On the way upwards, the colors come back
But all along the bottom is blue, grey, and black
The darkness is cold and perception goes wrong
And the night seems to go on incredibly long
So I ask you why if I'm swimming by
Don't you see anything you'd like to try?
Pantomime mixtures of heaven and earth
Jumbled events that have less than no worth
Time in the forest to dig under rocks
Or float in the ocean, asleep in a box
Or sink just below, all the churning and froth
And swim to the light source or fly like a moth
So toss away stuff you don't need in the end
But keep what's important and know who's your friend
So I ask you why if I'm swimming by
Don't you see anything that you'd like to try?
If I'm swimming by
From the bottom, from the top
From the bottom, from the top
From the bottom, from the top
From the bottom, from the top
From the bottom, from the top
From the bottom, from the top
From the bottom, from the top
From the bottom, from the top
From the bottom, from the top
From the bottom, from the top
From the bottom, from the top
As he saw his life run away from him
Thousands ran along
Chanting words from a song
"Please me have no regrets"
"Please me have no regrets"
Came from the baby's mouth
We follow the lines going south
"Please me have no regrets"
Came from the,came from the,came from the... baby's mouth!
I'm gonna pull this timber `fore the sun go down
Get it `cross the river `fore the bars come down
Drag it on down that dusty road
Come on Jerry, let's dump this load
I said "Timber, ho!", timber, woah this timber's gotta roll
I said "Timber, ho!", timber, woah this timber's gotta roll
My old Jerry was an Arkansas mule
Been everywhere and he ain't no fool
Weighed nine hundred and twenty-two
Done everything a poor mule can do
(chorus)
Jerry's shoulders stood six foot tall
Pulled more timber than a freight could haul
Workin' heavy old Jerry got sore
Pulled so much he couldn't pull no more
(chorus)
The boss said "Jerry" and it made him jump
Jerry ran and kicked the boss on the rump
My old Jerry was a cool mule
Had it been me I woulda killed that fool
Boss tried to shoot old Jerry in the head
Jerry took that bullet and he stomped him dead
Stomped that boss til he heard him scream
Sure don't care he was so damn mean
We're bobbing on the surface
And the shadow glides below
They say she feels my heartbeat
Oh, but how I'll never know
We're bobbing on the surface
And the shadow glides below
They say she feels my heartbeat
Oh, but how I'll never know
That it's the ocean flowing in our veins
Oh, that it's the salt that's in our tears
Oh, 'cause we could have come so very far
Oh, in at least as many years
Take the highway through the Great Divide
Take the highway through the Great Divide
I'm building you a pyramid
With limestone blocks so large
I drag them from the mountain top
You'll need a two car garage
I'm building you a pyramid
With limestone blocks so large
I drag them from the mountain top
You'll need a two car garage
And it's the ocean flowing in our veins
Oh, 'cause it's the salt that's in our tears
Oh, 'cause we could have come so very far
Oh, in at least as many years
Take the highway through the Great Divide
Take the highway through the Great Divide
'Cause it's the ocean flowing in our veins
Oh, 'cause it's the salt that's in our tears
Oh, 'cause we could have come so very far
Oh, in at least as many years
Take the highway through the Great Divide
Take the highway through the Great Divide
Take the highway through the Great Divide
INTRODUCTION
Wilson
Wilson
Wilson
Wilson
Wilson
Once upon a time there was a mountain that rose out of a vast green forest. And in the forest there were birds and lakes and rocks and trees and rivers. The forest was also inhabited by a small group of people called the lizards. The lizards were a simple people and they had lived in the forest undisturbed for thousands of years in utter peace and tranquillity. Once a year when spring came, and the first blossoms began to show, the
lizards would gather at the base of the mountain, to give thanks for all that they had. They thanked the birds and they thanked the lakes and they thanked the rocks and the trees and the rivers; but most importantly, they thanked Icculus.
Icculus lived at the top of the mountain, or at least everyone thought so, for no one had actually ever seen him. But they knew he existed, because they had the Helping Friendly Book. Icculus had given the Helping Friendly Book to the Lizards thousands of years earlier as a gift. It contained all of the knowledge inherent in the universe, and had
enabled the Lizards to exist in harmony with nature for years. And so they lived; until one day a traveler arrived in Gamehendge. His name was Wilson and he quickly became intrigued by the Lizards way of life. He asked if he could stay on and live in the forest; and the Lizards, who had never seen an outsider, were happy to oblige.
Wilson lived with the Lizards for a few years, studying the ways of the Helping Friendly Book, and all was well. Until one morning when they awoke and the book was gone. Wilson explained that he had hidden the book, knowing that the Lizards had become dependent on it for survival. He declared himself king and enslaved the innocent
people of Gamehendge. He cut down the trees and built a city, which he called Prussia. And in the center of the city he built a castle, and locked in the highest tower of the castle lay the Helping Friendly Book out of the reach of the Lizards forever. But our story begins at a different time, not in Gamehendge, but on a suburban street in Long Island, and our hero is no king sitting in a castle, he is a retired colonel shaving in his bathroom.
Well I needed lest restraint before
Well I needed to hit the lights and close the door
I'm fine, I'm fine, 'cause I'm
Dripping in this strange design
None is your's and far less mine
Hold the wheel, read the sign
Keep the tires off the line
Just relax, you're doing fine
Swimming in this real thing I call life
But can I bring a few companions on this ride?
I'm feeling, my heart's not beating anymore
Well I'm feeling, it's alright
This happened once before
I'm fine, I'm fine 'cause I'm
Dripping in this strange design
None is your's and far less mine
Hold the wheel, read the sign
Keep the tires off the line
Just relax, you're doing fine
Swimming in this real thing I call life
But can I bring a few companions on this ride?
Dripping in this strange design
None is your's and far less mine
Hold the wheel, read the sign
Keep the tires off the line
Just relax, you're doing fine
Swimming in this real thing I call life
I'm up and I can take what you give
And I'm here but I want you to live with me
'Cause all I want is a taste for free
I'm down and I will drag you along and around
Until you burst into song and unwind
And leave your new life behind for a while
'Cause I can't see through the lights
I can't see through the lights
I'm down and I will drag you along and around
Until you burst into song and unwind
And leave your new life behind for a while
I'm out and I will stay here alone and without
Someone controlled by the phone and TV
'Cause what it's doing to me is fine
'Cause I can't see through the lights
I can't see through the lights
Step into space, alter my place
That someone else made
Why I have stayed into things I could be
Or if I could see into fog that surrounds
And pins me to the ground
I can't see through the lights
I can't see through the lights
I can't see through the lights
I?m pullin' the pavement from under my nails
I brush past a garden, dependent on whales
The slopin' companion, I cast down the ash
Yanked on my tunic and dangled my stash
Zipping through the forest with the curdling fleas
To grow with them spindles, the mutant I seize
I capture the dread beast who falls to his knees
And cries to his cohorts, asleep in the trees
Smegma, Dogmatagram, fish market stew
Police in the corner, gunnin? for you
Apple toast, bed heated, fur blanket rat
Laugh when they shoot you, say
Please don?t do that
Control for smiler's can?t be bought
The solar garlic starts to rot
Was it for this my life I sought?
Maybe so and maybe not
Maybe so and maybe not
Maybe so and maybe not
Maybe so and maybe not
Was it for this my life I sought?
Control for smiler's can?t be bought
The solar garlic starts to rot
Was it for this my life I sought?
Was it for this my life I sought?
Was it for this my life I sought?
Was it for this my life I sought?
Maybe so and maybe not
Maybe so and maybe not
Maybe so and maybe not
They call me the sloth
Way down in the ghetto
Italian spaghetti
Singing falsetto
Sleeping all day
Rip Van Winklin'
Spend my nights in bars
Glasses tinklin'
I'm so bad
He's so nasty
Ain't got no friends
Real outcasty
Stay out of my way
Ed up a cripple
I'll take this piece of paper
Slice your nipple
They call me the sloth
Way down in the ghetto
Italian spaghetti
Singing falsetto
Sleeping all day
Rip Van Winklin'
Spend my nights in bars
The feeling's not the same
In fact it's getting pretty tame
It's just not that great anymore
I guess I'll go outside
And flag a weasel for a ride
And take it on down to the shore
Wallowing in fear
The days and weeks that you're not here
Was all the waiting in vain?
Why'd you send my monkey on a train?
The day that you arrived
My sleeping monkey is revived
But you sent him home on the train
Home on the train
Why'd you send my monkey on a train?
The day that you arrived
My sleeping monkey is revived
But you sent him home on the train
Home on the train
The day that you arrived
My sleeping monkey is revived
But you sent him home on the train
Home on the train
Why'd you send my monkey on a train?
The day that you arrived
My sleeping monkey is revived
But you sent him home on the train
Home on the train
Why'd you send my monkey on a train?
The day that you arrived
My sleeping monkey is revived
But you sent him home on the train
Home on the train
Why'd you send my monkey on a train?
The day that you arrived
My sleeping monkey is revived
But you sent him home on the train
I am the king of nothing
The emperor of emptiness
I don't have a castle
And I don't wear a crown
I recall as a small child
The dreams that I once had
Yes, I recall as a small boy
Those dreams which drove me mad
'cause I once found myself a kingdom
It was not too far away
I once found myself a kingdom
But somehow I let it slip away
So I am the king of nothing
The emperor of emptiness
And I don't have a castle
And I don't have a crown
And I recall as a small child
Those dreams I once had
I recall as a small boy
Those dreams which drove me mad
I once found myself a kingdom
And I thought that it was here to stay
Yes, I once found myself a kingdom
But somehow I let it slip away
So I am the king of nothing
The emperor of emptiness
And I don't have a castle
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