Charlie, The Methodone Man
Lyrics and music: Miles Zuniga
Living to get his freak on
Sporting his leopard skin thong
Charlie the Methadone Man
Plays Sunday nights in a rock and roll band
Charlie the metronome, the methadone man
Patience - the name of the game
Waiting on Dr. Kinkaid
Charlie the Methadone Man
Fills out the papers just as fast as he can
Charlie the methadone, the methadone man
When you're all alone
And you got nowhere to go
Better take it slow Kicking his lonley lit brain
Drinking to try and stay sane
Charlie the Methadone Man
Chases his tail just as fast as he can
Charlie the methadone, the methadone man
Charlie the methadone, methadone man
Waiting.....
It ain't as easy as it looks
To grow flowers in the dirt
All my friends are living underground
Put away your wedding ring
Out on highway 63
Let all your worries
Take their place in line
They love to tear you down
Living in this sweet soul town
Fall into the sound
A place to hide and room to move
My electric boogaloo
Don't you worry
The circus is in town
They love to tear you down
Living in this sweet soul town
Sometimes I feel
Like I am drunk behind the wheel
The wheel of possibility
However it may roll
Give it a spin
See if you can somehow factor in
You know there's always more than one way
To say exactly what you mean to say
Was I out of my head? Was I out of my mind?
How could I have ever been so blind?
I was waiting for an indication
It was hard to find
Don't matter what I say only what I do
I never mean to do bad things to you
So quiet but I finally woke up
Well I don't wanna be President
Superman or Clark Kent
I don't wanna walk 'round in their shoes
'Cause I don't know who's side I'm on
I don't know my right from wrong
I don't know where I'm going to
I don't know about you
I'll be the rain falling on your fire escape
And I may not be the man you want me to
I can be myself, how 'bout you?
I don't wanna make you mad
I don't wanna meet your dad
I don't wanna be your dream come true
'Cause I don't know just what I've found
I don't know my sky from ground
I don't know where I'm going to
I don't know about you
I can be myself, how 'bout you?
I can be myself
Try to stop the world spinning 'round
My phone bill will tell you she lives out of town
It's been a long, long time but still I dream
Of warm sunny days on 12th and Lorraine
I wish you were here right now....but then
I know I should just leave you alone
I should just leave you alone
I know I should just leave you alone
I should just leave you along
The ground moved under me
I pushed her away with the things I'd say
God's face grew
Earthquake size
And I can't cross our great divide
I wanna live inside....but then
I know I should just leave you alone
Knock It Down
(Miles Zuniga)
Gonna steal your soul by remote control
We smell an audience and we smell money
I don't need a gun, I own the network son
And they love baywatch in Istanbul, Yeah
Chorus
knock it down, knock it down, knock it down, knock it down yeah
knock it down, knock it down, knock it down, knock it down yeah
Forget your culture, forget your language
I'll give you virtual reality love
Chorus
Repeat Chorus
She was looking through me
Like I was made out of glass, a la la la la la
Heaven, lie and tell, comes back like up at a check
Why do you get so emotional?
Why do you get so emotional?
Why do you get ?
Smokin' and drinkin' tryin' to kick start
Monday night, I try and I try
A sneaky feeling is coming over me
Why do you get so emotional?
Why do you get so emotional?
Why do you get so emotional?
Why do you get so emotional?
She said, "Boy, you take, you take me somehow"
I don't know who you are anymore?
I don't know who you are anymore?
Too many complications, conversations that go nowhere
Get out of my, my, my, my, head, head, I see you everywhere
Why do you get so emotional?
Why do you get so emotional?
Why do you get so emotional?
Why do you get so emotional?
She said, "Boy, you take, you take me somehow"
I don't know who you are anymore?
I don't know who you are anymore?
I don't know who you are anymore?
You see this guy, this guy's in love with you.
Yes I'm in love, who looks at you, the way, I do.
When you smile, I can tell, we know each other,
very well. How can, I show you, I'm glad, I got to
know you. 'Cause I've heard some talk, they say you think
I'm fine. Yes I'm in love, and what, I'd do, to make you
mine. Tell me now, is it so, don't let me be, the last
to know.
Chorus: My hands are shaking, don't let, my heart keep breaking,
'cause I need your love, I want your love. Say your in love,
in love, with this guy, if not I'll just die.
Do Do Do Do Do Do
Do Do Do Do
Tell me now, is it so, don't let me be, the last
to know.
Chorus
If not I'll just die.
Do Do Do Do
Do Do Do Do Do
Time's a teacher yesterday
You know I had nothin' but time
Why'd you have to go away?
I never got to tell you goodbye
And time beats up on you
Life is funny, life is strange
You know I'm just trying to get by
Money, honey, buys you things
It can't buy a place in the sky
And time beats up on you
Another year disappeared
Where did it go?
People ask me
What's the time?
I really don't know
I really don't know
I really don't
I really don't know
And time beats up on you
And time beats up on you
Time beats up on
Time beats up on
Time beats up on
Time beats up on you
Beats up on you
She will bring a little box of moonlight
To light my way on such a very dark night
Dreams so real they grow wild on the vine
Until sundown
When she comes, she comes just like a daydream
And the sun surrenders to the evening
I've waited all day long to be with you girl
We'll burn like falling stars tonight
And hide like vampires from the daylight
Until sundown
Dreams so real they grow wild on the vine
We'll burn like falling stars tonight
And hide like vampires from the daylight
And our world comes alive at night
And like the stars, we'll shine so bright
As long as you are mine
As long as you are mine
I've been thinking about the good old day
Decorated in a candy glaze
Each pretty ink blot panel
Tells a different tale
Each photo on the mantel
Sweet memories that never will go stale
I've been climbing up the walls again
Living with a memory that might have been
So pick me up on a weekday night
We'll get together and ride around in
The black and white
I've been thinking about the good old days
My silly clothes and my silly ways
Each drunken drugstore purchase
Each chemical advance
Seven days a weekend
This... this is not my life
This... this is not my life
This is not my face
This is not my place
No, it just isn't right
This... this is not my life
You... Do you remember me?
Remember... the way that it used to be.
Do you remember our car?
Do you remember our house?
Do you remember what it was like?
Cause this, this is not my life
(My life, my life)
Now I live in the shadows
(My life, my life)
Because you are my life
(My life, my life, my life)
You're the only one
who can see, the real me
You're the only one
Can't you see?
Can't you see?
You... took away my world
You... took away my world
You took away my smile
You took away my life
You took away my reason to live
You... you took away my world
And this is not my life
And this is not my life
(My life, my life)
Cause now I live in the shadows
(My life, my life)
Because you are my life
(My life, my life)
And now it's endless night
(My life, my life)
And this is not my life
Love Is Expensive And Free
Written by Tony Scalzo
VERSE
You can talk to me about powder kegs
And how I'm sitting on one right now
You can warn me about candles
and whole things burning from the outside in
But don't tell me about true love
'Cause I don't think you really know
CHORUS
You need to pay the costs
You need to feel the loss
'Cause love is expensive and free
Love is expensive and free
VERSE
Talk to me about appearances
I tell ya' lately they mean less and less
Do your best to keep me occupied
It's hard to concentrate, I must confess
Don't you tell me about heartbreak
'Cause it ain't written in the stars
CHORUS
You need to pay the costs
You need to feel the loss
'Cause love is expensive and free
Love is expensive and free
Alright, you got me
VERSE
Don't you worry 'bout my baby
Her eyes are open all the time
I could never bare to see her
Much less remove her from my mind
I didn't talk to you about true love
I didn't think you'd understand
CHORUS
You need to pay the costs
You need to feel the loss
'Cause love is expensive and free
Love is expensive and free
Love is expensive and free
As I wake I see a morning star
Through the window dimly shines
Its final statement at the closing of the night
I've got a few more minutes of night time before I rise
As the dawn is breaking up the darkness
The morning star will fade but never die
Morning star, I can't see your face no more and that's good
Get out now, out on the streets of your nowhere neighborhood
As I laid down last night I felt no pain
The day went on without a sound
Another night to put all the busyness away
I had a few more hours of night time before I'd rise
All the stars were out last night in the sky
I slept right through as they all went by
Soon the dawn was breaking up the darkness
The morning star will fade but never die
Morning star, I can't see your face no more and that's good
Get out now, out on the streets of your nowhere neighborhood
You come along with a color that I can't match
Gold chain and a crystal ball attached
You're coming from the wrong direction
And as I sleep tonight I'll dream of you
Sleeping somewhere far away
You come into my head so pretty and so true
I get a few more hours to dream of you till I rise
As the fireworks shoot off in the sky
I sleep right through as it all goes by
Soon the darkness would suck up into the dawn
The morning star will fade but never die
Morning star, I can't see your face no more and that's good
Get out now, out on the streets of your nowhere neighborhood
You come along with a code that I can't crack
Gold chain and a crystal ball attached
You were coming from the wrong direction
I was going in the wrong direction
Digging a hole down in your room
I watched you disappear too young, too soon
And you run out of stories to keep them entertained
All of the vampires forgot your name
You forgot why you came here today
And so you ran away I said, bye bye bye
When the world has passed you by
I will never forget your name, do you know why?
Millions of people know what you did
But when it hit you, you ran and hid
From the money and muscle rules of the game
They bought your face boy, they bought your name
You forgot why you came here today
And so you ran away I said, bye bye bye
When the world has passed you by
I will never forget your name, do you know why?
You forgot why you came here today
And so you ran away I said, bye bye bye
When the world has passed you by
I will never forget your name, do you know why? Why?
I said, bye bye bye
When the world has passed you by
Well they've been writing your name on the bathroom wall
But it don't mean nothing
It don't mean nothing
They wanna ruin your life, wanna see you take a fall
But it don't mean nothing
It don't mean nothing
Stupid people say stupid things
And it'll drive you right up the wall
Sometimes I feel the same way too
But it don't mean nothing at all
Your mom and dad don't care about the way you feel
And you just can't take it
You just can't take it
You got the short end of a shitty deal
And you just can't take it
You just can't take it no more
Stupid people say stupid things
And it'll drive you right up the wall
Sometimes I feel the same way too
But it don't mean nothing at all
They put a lot of effort into making you feel like a clown
You gave it you best shot, and they shot you down
Stupid people say stupid things
And it'll drive you right up the fucking wall
Sometimes I feel the same way too
But it don't mean nothing at all
Well it don't mean nothing at all
It just don't mean nothing at all
She, she belongs to me
But she doesn't know it, oh yah
She comes walking down the street
she don't notice me
She comes 'round
She knows how
She turns me inside out, upside down
(She comes around)
I'm twisted metal tongue
When I get around you, unless
Stutter incomplete
I can't keep the beat
She comes 'round
She knows how
She turns me inside out, inside out, upside down
(She comes around)
She comes 'round
My guard is down
She gets me everytime
She don't even notice me
When she goes 'round and 'round
She, she belongs to me
But she doesn't know it, oh yah
She comes walking down the street
she don't notice me
She comes 'round
She knows how
She turns me inside out, inside out, upside down
She comes 'round
She knows how
She turns me inside out, inside out, upside down
When will it stop raining? When will these dark clouds go?
some days I get so low, but you turn me around, you turn me around
won't you come down to my dark street, and shine a light
'cause I need your sweet sunshine
Won't you come down to my dark street, and shine a light
'cause I need your sweet sunshine
You take away my sadness and the pain inside my heart
sometimes I fall apart, but you turn me around, you turn me around
Won't you come down to my dark street, and shine a light
'cause I need your sweet sunshine
Won't you come down to my dark street, and shine a light
'cause I need your sweet sunshine
sunshine
Won't you come down to my dark street, and shine a light
'cause I need your sweet sunshine
Won't you come down to my dark street, and shine a light
'cause I need your sweet sunshine
oh yeah, oh come on down, come on down
and never leave my sky again
shine your love light, love light, love light, love light
Ridin' 'round and 'round in my car
I can't afford to go very far
It needs a new transmission and new brakes
Parking tickets, I cannot pay
They're gonna have to tow me away
Tow me away 'cause I can't afford to drive
We're outta groceries again
Ain't got no money to spend
The credit card is maxed out so let's get high
'Cause it's raining all the time
And the rain's been seeping through my mind
But I'll get by
I've got a nasty rash on my rocker
Can't afford to go see the doctor
I know I'll be all right in a couple of weeks
Happy hour, that's where were meeting
Eat for free as long as your drinking
Hey that ain't no problem for you and me
We're outta groceries again
Ain't got no money to spend
The credit card is maxed out so let's get high
'Cause it's raining all the time
And the rain's been seeping through my mind
But I'll get by
We're outta groceries again
Ain't got no money to spend
The credit card is maxed out so let's get high
'Cause it's raining all the time
And the rain's been seeping through my mind
But I'll get by
Yeah I'm all right
Telephone calls
Apartment A is at it again
Paper thin walls
She's been sleeping around with other men
And other women
But right about now her head is swimming
And he's breakin' up the furniture
Screamin' and a yellin'
He's about to beat the hell outta her
Television ringing in ear
I've been thinkin'
Haven't had a break in twenty years
I've been drinkin'
Telephone calls
Insanity is just another ring away
I get the paper
Take a look at it every single day
Another episode
Another life flushed down the commode
We're all carrying such a heavy load
I get no slack and it's breakin' my back
Television ringing in my ear
I've been drinkin'
Haven't had a break in twenty years
I been thinkin' get me out of here
'Til the coast is clear
Television ringing in ear
I've been thinkin'
Haven't had a break in twenty years
I've keep drinkin'
Television ringin' in my ear
I been drinkin' liquor, wine, and beer
I've been thinkin' get me out of here
Brown skin in the kitchen, China white washrag
And the dollars on the table, keep it quiet, quiet
They come and go through the back door
Who's keepin' score, who's keepin' pension
Weren't no mention, Medicaid, sorry
And the g-men got the word in gettin' wise, goodnight
They come and go through the back door
Who's keepin' score, who's keepin' score
Pistol blew the whistle on the plan, Mexican
And the river made of dollars, made of sand
Yeah, yeah
They come and go through the back door
Who's keepin' score, who's keepin' score
I got a warm fuzzy feeling
When I saw you on t.v.
You were wearing a piece of me
And it breaks my heart to look around
And see the unimpressed
Who can't believe the emperor is dressed
Turn on my t.v.
I want to check some action
If you got no video
Well then folks don't want to know
But with you up there to light the way
I can wear a smile as I survey
The faces in the dark
Waiting for you to hit one out of the park
We notice every tiny little detail
And every word we read we'll take to heart Until you realize
There are no lies
When you see that look in their eyes
Waht are we gonna use to fill the empty spaces?
When you see her in the crowd
Will you make your mama proud?
She can turn around and see the faces
Looking at her son
Climbing his way up to #1
Amy's going out with John, now she's dating Paul
Paul was dating Kelsey
And Kelsey used to go out with me
After I broke up with Amy
Everybody's had, everybody's had everybody
Everybody's had, everybody's had everybody
Once or twice
Hey, you better watch what you say
People love to talk, people love to gossip
Everbody's going around
And it's a hungry town, it's a leaky faucet
Everybody knows, everybody heard what you said
Everybody knows, everybody heard what you said
Everybody knows, everybody heard what you said
Everybody knows, everybody heard what you said
It's a boomerang
It's a boomerang
It's a boomerang
It's a boomerang
It's a boomerang, it's a boomerang
It's a boomerang, it's a boomerang
It's a boomerang, it's a boomerang
It's a boomerang, it's a boomerang
It's a boomerang, it's a boomerang
Everybody knows, everybody heard what you said
Everybody knows, everybody heard what you said
Everybody knows, everybody heard what you said
Sunrise six o'clock and I'm still sleeping
I don't have to work on Saturday
But I do anyway
'Round the corner right on up through the shop
I come creeping, but it don't matter anyway
'Cause I know it's just as well
And even so I feel like hell
You can say that it's alright
But I am not that kind
And I can see the forest through the trees
I am on my knees
I don't know if I'm supposed to stay
Or if I'm supposed to leave it all
Behind the door the world outside still spins
Waiting there behind the door
But I won't let it in
Not today, not tomorrow, not next week
You're just gonna have to pay five bucks to see the geek
'Cause I know it's just as well
And even so I feel like hell
You can say that it's alright
But I am not that kind
And I can see the forest through the trees
I am on my knees
I don't know if I'm supposed to stay
Or if I'm supposed to leave
Please draw your attention
High above the center ring
Up in the rafters
Five hundred feet above the crowd My hair is soaked in kerosene
My clothes are wet with gasoline
You only get to see this once
The human torch is going down
Once I had it all planned out
My dirty fingers moved about
To make a mess of everything around me
I don't claim to know my way
I still run in circles everyday
Running around half blind
Life can be unkind
But it's better than it was
It's better than it was
I complain very little because
It's better than it was
I get to remembering
We had a lot more money then
To make a mess of everything around us
Now the money comes and goes a bit faster
Then my confidence grows
Everybody knows
There ain't nothing new about money woes
But it's better than it was
It's better than it was
It's better than it was
It's better than we ever could have
Wished it to before
It was bad a while ago
Better this I know
It's better than it was
Better than it was
I complain very little because
It's better than it was
Emily shrugs and drags her heels as she takes the guided tour
It seemed like such an amazing deal
when she was looking at the brochure
Stuck on a bus with strangers
wishing she could be at home
with me Poor little Emily
how does it feel to be free?
Lyin' in bed
the pain in my head
from running around all day
Tryin' to find what was rightfully mine
but I ran out of things to say
Runnin' around with strangers
wishing she could run away with me.
Poor little Emily,
how does it feel to be free
from familiar fingertips
to a persecuted grip?
from the pan into the fire
now a thread becomes a wire
under which you must crawl
through a ditch and over the wall
Emily works her fingers
right down to her aching bones
while my aching head's got me stuck
in bed working on being alone
Working around the clock
wishing she had worked it out with me
Poor little Emily
how does it feel to be free?
Poor little Emily
how does it feel to be free?
Poor little Emily
Airstream, big chrome airstream
Leave the world behind me
They won't find me in my airstream
Free, I don't wanna be stuck in the city
With the cars and people downtown
Waiting in a line, wishing I was far away
Where no one knows my name, ocean
Big blue ocean rolling like a daydream
Down the highway in my airstream
Free, I don't wanna be stuck in the city
With the cars and people downtown
Waiting in a line, wishing I was far away
Where no one knows my name or my address
It's a place I've never been
When it gets too familiar I'll be gone
Free, I don't wanna be stuck in the city
With the cars and people downtown
Waiting in a line, wishing I was far away
Where no one knows my name or my address
It's a place I've never been
When it gets too familiar, I'll be gone
When it gets too familiar, I'll be gone
Where did you leave your baby
Bleeding in her bed
Her ghost has come to stay
Oh, you can try, you can't chase her away
In the bar we sit like blackbirds
With our broken wings
Like clocks without their springs
Just like time doesn't mean anything
Won't you tell me
Which way to the top?
You know that I can't stay
Down here
We used to ride around in a broken down old car
But now I'm changing trains
Oh, and I'll hit all the notes in between
Mom and Dad are fast asleep now
But I'll be wide awake
A surfer in the break
Oh, just waiting for the perfect wave
And a place in the shade
You better get it now while
The getting's good
Get it now while it's happening
You better get it now while
The getting's good
Slow drag off a cigarette
Slow drag and I'm lying in my bed
All the world is sleeping like a baby tonight
I wanna lay you down
In the ground. Allright
Slow drag and I can't get up now
Slow drag. You've been messing with my mind
All the world is sleeping like a baby tonight
I wanna see you dead
Laying in the muddy ground
You're nothing to me
Nothing to me
Nothing to me no more
All the world is sleeping like a baby tonight
I wanna see you dead
Laying in the muddy ground
You're nothing to me
Nothing to me
Shortwave
Cold gray rainy Sunday
BBC World Service
I found
I found the strangest music
But I lost the station
Shortwave
Pulls in Oklahoma
Can you make it easier for me to understand
How you're holding my heart, in your tremblin hands
Eyes that rise to meet me half way up among the stars
You may be from Venus but I'm definitely not from Mars
You're an ocean, you're an ocean
Settle down, settle down what's the commotion
I'm an island, but you're an ocean
It's a stormy sea of love and emotion
You've got me suspended motionless in time
Make the warm winds circle round my head just like you do
If I could do it, I'd be doing it to you
I believe I'd buy whatever you would sell to me
Nothing in my life ever came with a guarantee
You're an ocean, you're an ocean
Settle down, settle down what's the commotion
I'm an island, but you're an ocean
It's a stormy sea of love and emotion
You've got me suspended motionless in time
I believe I'd buy whatever you would sell to me
Nothing in my life ever came with a guarantee
You're an ocean, you're an ocean
Settle down, settle down what's the commotion
I'm an island, but you're an ocean
It's a stormy sea of love and emotion
You've got me suspended motionless
You've got me suspended motionless
Nails on a chalkboard
A dream and then, I see your face again
Words you were singing
Years ago, it feels like yesterday
But I'm coming around
I can only get the sweet little sound of white noise
Can you hear me through the static
White noise
Put your brain on automatic
Late in the evening
I'm out again, looking for a friend
Lost in the music
And in the den, I hear your voice again
500 watts, ain't no wonder that my ears are shot
From the sound of white noise
Can you hear me through the static
White noise
Put your brain on automatic
Nails on a chalkboard
I dream and then, I see your face again
Words you were singing
Years ago, it feels like yesterday
And I'm coming around
I can only get the sweet little sound of white noise
Can you hear me through the static
White noise
Put your brain on automatic (Can you hear me)
White noise
Can you hear me through the static
White noise
Put your brain on automatic (Can you hear me)
I think you oughta reconsider what you said
Talk to all the people living in your head
Everyday all of the time
Love is getting harder to find
You splashed down at the scene of the crime
You find it hard to keep a handle on yourself
Ain't you got enough prescriptions on your shelf
Everyday all of the time
Searching for your peace of mind
You splashed down at the scene of the crime
(La la la la la la lo)
On which head ya feed the liar, the people, the drunk, or the criminal
(La la la la la la lo)
Yeah cause nobody cares when you're sober, a liar, but socially responsible
Now the paparrazi circus has moved on
You're gonna have to find somebody to lean on
Everyday all of the time
Love is gettin' harder to find
All splashed down at the scene of the crime
(La la la la la la lo)
On which head ya feed the liar, the people, the drunk, or the criminal (Woohoo hoo)
(La la la la la la lo)
See now nobody cares when you're sober, a liar, but socially responsible
I think you need a long vacation in the sun
(Muchacha Muchacha Mucha Mu-Muchacha)
Get away from the noise and pollution
(Muchacha Muchacha Mucha Mu-Muchacha)
Everyday all of the time
Searching for your peace of mind
You splashed down at the scene of the crime
You splashed down at the scene of the crime
We made up their minds and they started packing
We left before the sun came up that day
An exit to eternal summer slacking
But where were they going without ever knowing the way?
We drank up the wine and they got to talking
We now had more important things to say
And when the car broke down they started walking
Where were they going without ever knowing the way?
Anyone could see the road that they walk on is paved in gold
And it's always summer, they'll never get cold
They'll never get hungry, they'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere
They won't make it home but they really don't care
They wanted the highway they're happier there today, today
The children woke up and they couldn't find 'em
We left before the sun came up that day
We just drove off and left it all behind 'em
But where were they going without ever knowing the way?
Anyone could see the road that they walk on is paved in gold
It's always summer, they'll never get cold
They'll never get hungry, they'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere
They won't make it home but they really don't care
They wanted the highway, they're happier there today, today
Anyone could see the road that they walk on is paved in gold
It's always summer, they'll never get cold
They'll never get hungry, they'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere
They won't make it home but they really don't care
I hear the ringing of the telephone
No one's home and none of you can reach me
I'm alone and I feel fine
There's nothing anyone can sell to me
Nothing new, none of you can teach me
But I'm sure that you will try
I'm tired of living in the modern world
With pretty boys and plastic girls
Broken hearts, vanities that disease
I hear my music on the radio
What's that song from long ago they're still playing
Is it saying anything to you
Pretty people in the magazines
Play the part of kings and queens
Hair and make-up can cover up the ugly truth.
I'm tired of living in the modern world
With pretty boys and plastic girls
Broken hearts, vanities that disease
It really doesn't mean a thing to me
It really doesn't mean a thing to me
I'm tired of living in the modern world
With pretty boys and plastic girls
Broken hearts, vanities that disease
I hear the ringing of the telephone
No one's home and none of you can reach me
I'm alone and I feel fine
I'm tired of living in the modern world
With pretty boys and plastic girls
Broken hearts, vanities that disease
It really doesn't mean a thing to me
It really doesn't mean a thing to me
No one knows the way
(Which way the wind is gonna blow my mind)
Another day has slipped away
(And I have wasted so much time goes by)
I feel like I'm floating out in space
I no longer see your face
And your voice is breaking
Over my soul radio
You and I, we scream, we cry
(We just can't seem to see things eye to eye)
Who knows why we're here, we're gone
(I get so lost I cannot see the sky)
I feel like I'm floating out in space
I no longer see your face
And your voice is breaking
Over my soul radio
Now you're fading out of view
There's no me and there's no you
Only white noise static
Over my soul radio
And I feel like I'm floating out in space
I no longer see your face
And your voice is breaking
Over my soul radio
Now you're fading out of view
There's no me and there's no you
Only white noise static
I'm gonna get under your skin
Sooner or later
I'll find the key that lets me in
Sooner or later
Yea 'cause you just can't keep me down
Yea 'cause you just can't keep me down
I'm gonna take my time all right
Sonner or later
You gonna let me treat you right
Sooner or later
Yea 'cause you just can't keep me down
Oh if you'd only give me
Time
Is really all that I need
To push it through
To make you see
I'll make you see
I'm gonna take my time all right
Sooner or later
You gonna let me treat you righ
Yea 'cause you just can't keep me down
Yea 'cause you just can't keep me down
Time
Is really all that I need
To push it through
To make you see
I'll make you see
Took a ride up to Reno
Diamond star halo, lookin' around
Pushin' blues at the station
I feed the frustration that's kickin' around
But you don't even know what day it is
And you don't even know my name yet
Baby, take a look at yourself
Heaven sees what nobody else can see
You'll be free someday
Yeah, it's alright, it's just
A matter of time 'til I find my feet
You've got your education
Know how to work you're persuasion
You ain't foolin' me
'Cause you don't even know what day it is
And you don't even know my name yet
Baby, take a look at yourself
Heaven sees what nobody else can see
You'll be free someday
You don't even know what day it is
You don't even know my name yet
Baby, take a look at yourself
Heaven sees what nobody else can see
She's blood, flesh and bone
no tucks or silicone
She's touch, smell, sight, taste and sound
but somehow I can't believe
that anything should happen
I know where I belong
and nothing's gonna happen, yeah.
Cause she's so high, high above me, she's so lovely.
She's so high, like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc or Aphrodite
Do, do, do, do do
She's so high, high above me.
A first class and fancy free,
she's high society,
she's got the best of everything.
What could a guy like me ever really offer?
She's perfect as she can be,
why should I even bother --- Aha
Cause she's so high, high above me, she's so lovely
she's so high, like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc or Aphrodite
Do, do, do, do do
she's so high, high above me
She comes to speak to me,
I freeze immediately,
cause what she says sounds so unreal,
Somehow I can't believe,
that anything should happen
I know where I belong
and nothing's gonna happen, yeah yeah yeah
Cause she's so high, high above me, she's so lovely
she's so high, like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc or Aphrodite
Oh yeah yeah yeah
I never told you the truth
Holding your hand at the end of the rainbow
Left you with nothing to lose
I can't cry anymore
I can't cry anymore
I used to be bulletproof
I used to wear my hat like a halo
There's too many holes in my roof
I can't cry anymore
I can't cry anymore
She's got the rain
She's got the rain
And when she's not around
The sunshine brings me down
I used to be so aloof
Whirling around like an angry tornado
Faced with the burden of proof
I can't lie anymore
I can't lie anymore
She's got the rain
She's got the rain
And when she's not around
The sunshine brings me down
She sits alone in her room
She won't let me in and I worry about her
I hope that she's coming out soon
I can't cry anymore
I can't cry anymore
She's got the rain
She's got the rain
And when she's not around
I went walking through the red light
On the dark night in the winter
Pretty girls in the window
Pretty girls, staring back at me
I went walking 'cross the St. Charles
To the Argyle downtown
Met my friends in the back there
Know we always have a really good time
And I feel so alive and I feel so free
Always listening to our favorite songs
They play them all night long
They play them all night long
I woke up with a girly
Way too early, oh my head
I went walkin' to the newsstand
All the suits staring back at me
Whatchu lookin' at?
I went walking down Main Street
Down to South Beach, oh I crawled
I went looking for the bee sting
And I feel so alive and I feel so free
Always listening to our favorite songs
They play them all night long
They play them all night long
[Incomprehensible]
At the end of the world
At the end of the world
At the end of the world
At the end of the world
Will I see you again?
Will I see you again?
At the end of the world
Take me home all the way, yeah
One thing that I must have missed
When I first met you
Is that you only meant to love me
Until you found someone new
I guess I should have seen
That you had one foot out the door
Now I don't go down Rampart Street no more
Back in the beginning
You could look me in the eye
Do you really think
That I am just some stupid guy
Cause now you tell your story
As you stare down at the floor
Cause I don't go down Rampart Street no more
I don't wanna go back there
You won't put your hooks in me
I'm all alone tonight
But I'll be alright
You used to get excited
Every time I'd come around
You couldn't wait to sample
What I'd brought you from downtown
Up to your apartment
I'd be knocking on your door
I don't go down Rampart Street no more
There's trouble on the subway
There's something on the track
There's a dead end waiting and
We can't go back
So take it to the highway
Head back and open wide
Step right up and take a nowhere ride
It's a nowhere road
It's a nowhere road
No matter where it goes it's a
Nowhere road
It's a nowhere road and I'm tired
It's a nowhere job and I'm fired
It don't matter what they say
You can't get there going this way
From L.A. to Miami
And all points in between
Look outside you get the same old scene
You take it to the highway
You travel far and wide
Caterpillars carving up the country side
Sittin' here in your room
I've been listenin' to the freeway and the moon
Shinin' through
Broken windows, I've been waitin' for ya singin'
Louie Louie, Louie Louie
When ya gonna come back home
Louie Louie, Louie Louii
You know I hate to see you cry
Sittin' on the hood of your car
Starin' up at the sky, wishin' on a fallin' star
You come so far
I get no response, I just keep on waiting
Louie Louie, Louie Louie
When ya gonna come back home
Louie Louie, Louie Louii
You know I hate to be alone
Oh, yeah yeah, yeah yeah
Alright
Louie Louie, Louie Louie
When ya gonna come back home
Louie Louie, Louie Louii
You know I hate to be alone
Sittin' here in your room
I've been listenin' to the freeway and the moon
Shinin' through
Broken windows, I've been waitin' for ya
Louie Louie, Louie Louie
When ya gonna come back home
Louie Louie, Louie Louii
You know I hate to see you cry
Louie Louie, Louie Louie
When ya gonna come back home
Louie Louie, Louie Louii
I saw you yesterday
I was not phased, I did not care
You, you turned and walked away
As if I was not even there
I don't know, you don't know
We don't know why
I tell myself these little white lies
These little white lies
Like I don't miss you
I tell myself these little white lies
These little white lies
And I just walk around
With my eyes closed (x3)
I don't miss you all that much
Don't miss your kiss, don't miss your touch
I'm so happy to be free
I don't need you, you don't need me
If you don't care, then I don't care
Please tell my why
I tell myself these little white lies
These little white lies
Like I don't miss you
I tell myself these little white lies
These little white lies
And I just walk around
With my eyes closed (x4)
I tell myself these little white lies
These little white lies
Like I don't miss you
I tell myself these little white lies
These little white lies
Like I don't love you
I tell myself these little white lies
These little white lies
Like I don't miss you
I tell myself these little white lies
These little white lies
And I just walk around
How did I get here
Lyin' in the sunshine
All I have is tears
Watch them as they fall
I'm wishing you were here
This was supposed to be a good time
This was supposed to be our year
Now there's nothing after all.
How did I get here
I guess it doesn't really matter
I try and pass the days
Without you on my mind
Without you next to me
This is feeling like a bad dream
I'm doin' it again
I thought about you one more time
I'm sending out a message via satellite
Where are you tonight my dear
We're all missing you right here
We're lighting you a candle in the dead of night
Where are you tonight my dear
We're all missing you
I'm sending out a message via satellite
Where are you tonight my dear
We're all missing you right
Lighting you a candle in the dead of night
Where are you tonight my dear
We're all missing you
How did I get here
Lyin' in the sunshine
All I have is tears
Watch them as they fall
How did I get here
I guess it doesn't really matter
Try and pass the day
Without you on my mind
Without you next to me
This is feeling like a bad dream
Now I'm doing it again
Long before I ever saw your face
I got to know you in a dream
But things aren't always what they seem
You learn along the way
I just can't stop myself from breaking down
It's just no good unless you come around
I turn into a monster all my friends agree
So goodnight, I'm goin' to bed
I'm fallin' upstairs to meet you
I wake up with memories in my head
I'm someone else instead
Fallin' upstairs to you
You came to me from some secret place
You're beautiful and strange to me
Just like an antique melody
Too sad for me to play
I hope you'll wait for me behind closed eyes
I know I'll search for you all through the night
Till when the dawn breaks in and throws it's light around the room
Goodnight, I'm going to bed
I'm fallin' upstairs to meet you
Ooh, I wake up with memories in my head
I'm somewhere else instead
Tell me what you want
Tell me what you want, Angelie
You're running through my head, like a melody
I think about you all the time
I push play and then rewind, endlessly
And since I seen your face, I just can't forget
I need you more and more
I crave you like a cigarette
Standing on your crooked street
Silent prayer I repeat, endlessly
I will wait, for you
Through the night, for you
I pay my dues, I sing the blues, I wait for you
I wait for your tender touch
You've become my crutch
I'm faithful still
You bend my will, Angelie
Angelie you fascinate me
You're a mystery
You're original as sin
A tattoo on my skin, Angelie
I will wait for you
Through the night, for you
I pay my dues, I sing the blues, I wait for you
I wait for your tender touch
You've become my crutch
I'm faithful still
You bend my will, Angelie
Angelie you fascinate me
Strange town, shake down
Sink or swim
Old flames, stage names
Shed your skin
Always and never
We change like the weather
Long gone, house young
Memories
Closed doors, cold wars
You and me
Always and never
We change like the weather
When will you ever
make up your mind (come on) (x3)
Jaded, elated
Time of day
Time out, freak out
Games we play
Always and never
We change like the weather
When will you ever
When I was a boy
I could not stand the silence
I needed the noise
I was underage and overjoyed
Changing my ways
But there's so many ways to change
I'm growing up
I'm getting wise I'm getting strange
All I was looking for was you
All I was looking for was you
I ran my ship into the ground
Chasing some high and lonesome sound
From Venice Beach to Kathmandu
My money's gone my time it flew
All I was looking for was you
(All this time) (x2)
Some marry for love
Some marry for money
Dollars and cents
Through open arms and barbed wire fence
Running away
From everything that looks like me
I heard a voice
I saw your face, it set me free
All I was looking for was you
All I was looking for was you
The endless highways I road down
The girls I kissed in every town
Midnight on heartbreak avenue
All twisted up on bitches brew
All I was looking for was you
Running away
From everything that looks like me
I heard a voice
I saw your face, it set me free
All I was looking for was you
All I was looking for was you
The endless highways I road down
The girls I kissed in every town
Midnight on heartbreak avenue
All twisted up on bitches brew
All I was looking for was you
(All this time)
I learned the words I sang the song
Then I got lost in Babylon
I ran my ship into the ground
Chasing some high and lonesome sound
The lies I told you kept them through
Nobody knows me like you do
