Rats in my jacket
I'm so impressed
I am now seen unclean
Wash me up mama
and give me a suit of gabardine
I had a suit,
by the look on my face,
maybe it's plain to see
that that never stopped what was troubling me
like once, it was Monday out.
And dry?
Man, it was a drought
but all that is slipping my mind
Cracked like a whip
like a brick coming down
and hit me between the eyes
another occasion I've yet to forget
was I unwise?
Should I remind you that this is the end
of Camels,
and masking tape,
and this demonstration of tripping with grace
and if I need you
I'm intentionally wasting your time
Hey, everything's slipping my mind
Now copper and nickel
are heads in my hand
I'll bet you your sparest change
that this time tomorrow you'll be miles away
with all trace of Monday out
with deserts to think about
and all of this slippin' my mind.
I loved a girl once
beyond compare
She saw inside me
and gave me air
She was assisting
my surgery
My heart was opened
as she put a mask on me
I'm breathing
but it's become a chore
"Now that you've seen the doctor
don't call me anymore"
I was impatient
I was not in full arrest
and the symptoms were induced by something
I could not digest
She'd said a mouthful
I'd swallowed whole
My heart starts beating
a capriole,
a murmur,
too different to ignore
"Now that you've seen the doctor
don't call me anymore"
I underwent
and it smelled
of a wild goose chase
Then I saw your face
upside down
He comes in creeping
He is a creep
a samurai
It's not fair peeking
(that is a lie)
Mermaid on Pico
lifts her fin,
demands a towel
And thinking of you
is not avowal
And over
and over it I pour
"Now that you've seen the doctor
don't call me anymore"
I'm breathing
but it's become a chore
Now that I've seen the doctor
You're just a fucking bore
like Dorothy Lamour
dolled up in Singapore
to meet the Commodores
Don't call me anymore
I'm sending out a call to arms
from the cities to the farms
to the sounding of alarms
with all the bells and whistles
took my prize,
hung my plaque
pat our big collective back
and then got drunk
on crackerjack
and e-mailed my epistle
I must be the lucky one
the luckiest in Luckydom
who reached the moon but
wound up numb
now that I've had my fun
here comes the millennium
Knowing love everyday
my baby wants to be that way
but I can't bring myself to say
how I can't hope for crying
things got bad,
things got worse
I got loaded in a hearse
when all I needed was a nurse
believe me, I'm not lying
I must be the lucky one
the luckiest in Luckydom
who reached the moon but
wound up numb
now that I've had my fun
here comes the millennium
I must be the lucky one
the luckiest in Luckydom
who reached the moon but
wound up numb
let's call this party done
here comes the millennium
Oh man,
look what the cat drug in
It's got the dress, tho the color's gone
that I gave my one true love on
Oh man, look what the wind blew home
Never had this much stimulation
since her low down elevation, but
Oh, don't look in those eyes
bluer than blue
her rule's on the rise
and if I wear apathy's crown
don't call me higness
it's a long way down
Oh, what terrible things she shows
I'm overwhelmed by rumors this high
and overcome by lows
Oh, what use is it to pretend
that I have the strength for this anymore
This is all in the world that she lives for but...
Oh, don't look in those eyes
bluer than blue
her rule's on the rise
and if I wear apathy's crown
don't call me highness
('cause) it's a long way down
Now I would suppose
that I'm not the only one
and one never knows...
but I got a feeling she's been
sleeping with the whole wide world
Oh, don't look in those eyes
bluer than blue
her rule's on the rise
and if I wear apathy's crown
don't call me highness
it's a long way down
Whatever news you had
Whatever shoes you had
Whatever made you mad enough
On the promenade you can
Give it a rest
Give it a seat
Or in the glass you can cut your feet
Pop a knee
Flesh torn
And everything else seems
A little worse for worn
A simple thing, I admit
Out I never did figure it
I can tell that I'm about to
I can tell when I'm without you
I've seen you juggle
I've seen your best
I've seen you running out of luck you pressed
I've seen the scores on how far up you fessed
Until a thinner air is what you're breathing now
So catch your breath
Don't just stand there holding it
I've seen you die a little death
I'm pretty sure you were here
But lately things tend to disappear
Like the days I never got around to
I can tell when I'm without you
Psychic on the corner
'Palms and Runes, Tarot and Tea'
The proprietor gives matches to the girls in line
For Club Diplomacy
Be he's not on to me
Crossed Olympic to collect my fee
But there's no one in this neighborhood who
I can tell when I'm without you
I can tell when I'm without you
I can tell when I'm without you
I don't care that you won't quit this notion
of burying the carnival
but what the hell is in your potion
that's made you so dull?
So I cannot make a blind from sawdust
much less a cool millennium, but I'd
much rather feel the heat of August
than be sheltered and numb
So move out of your bed of roses, now
I'm putting in a bed of nails,
'cause missiles, guns and rubber hoses
will land me in jail
This paradise is slowly crumbling
from here to Wilshire Boulevard
but the rubble over which you are stumbling
just isn't that hard
What did you do with all that grace, now?
what did you do with all my wine?
what makes you think that just 'cause you dress bright
it means that you shine?
So move out of your bed of roses now
I'm putting in a bed of nails
'cause when this whole production closes
this innocence fails
(and weren't we supposed to)
SHINE...like half harvest never shone
SHINE...like half harvest never known.
[00:15]"Here's the car you will be driving. Radio works.
[00:22]Take the 10 out. On arriving, detour other road.
[00:29]Where every sign's a carved design.
[00:33]stick feather on with glue
[00:37]and run amok upon the lawn"
[00:40]The sun comes up and it just dawned on me:
[00:48]one thing's clear
[00:51]the times come when all of your love is drained
[00:57]
[01:03]I've seen this scene
[01:04]I'll dream this dream and have now and then
[01:10]I lose my concentration to some twister again
[01:17]and I point mute in shrunken suit like all your
[01:22]weathermen
[01:25]now feeling wet and most alone
[01:28]into this shelter I am thrown and found dumb?
[01:35]at least I got this one thing clear:
[01:39]the times come when all of your love is drained
[01:47]
[01:54] Crash on the east Grapevine
[01:57] and now that the blacktop's dried up
[02:01] you'll be tied up and I'll be fine...
[02:09]
[02:17]Now that I've got your attention,
[02:20]a toast to the host.
[02:24]If that's a rope and wood invention
[02:27]then tie me to its post.
[02:31]There's a subject to consider
[02:35]since we both know each other too well.
[02:38]Forget the plumber, call a priest
[02:42]the convicts have all been released
[02:46]and I just screwed this up
[02:49]at least I think I have
[02:54]but you left me with this one thing clear:
[02:58]the times come when all of our love is drained.
[03:09]One thing's clear
[03:13]the time comes when all of your love is drained.
Always thought it was a game with us
Move until enough's enough
into a picture-perfect view
I'd like to rip it up with you
Why would anybody leave this place?
It's overdrawn
and won't erase
And if you're feeling incomplete
the line is stretching up the street
So take a look
but you might stay until
you have counted every light from Bunker Hill
Take a coat you're going to freeze
My baby sees every sentence with an underline
never uses turpentine
Put out a fleece and build a kite
A siren's going off tonight
Lay your head down
Do you call this chance?
Found the exit
this entrance
Now's the time
(and it is still)
I'm sorry that I kept you waiting here until
Hey, Luanda
do you want a thrill?
We can watch the lights shine up from Bunker Hill
But if it puts your heart at ease
my baby, please...
Try,
but you can't hide
Impossible. You're lit from the inside
And all I've got to do is
keep my eyes above the ground
to see you move around
The only points of light are fires on Vermont
Somebody must suspect that all we really want
is a tranquilizer gun to fill
It's a free-for-all on Bunker Hill
and everybody wets their knees
on the trapeze...
Baby's busy hiding in the bassinet
wonderin' if the third world war started yet
I told her I was pulling up and heading west
she said she would have come but she was overdressed
so I sent a picture postcard of a midwest bank
she wrote me that she showed it to her new friend Frank
who noticed in a window on the 19th floor
a guy my age about to prove that man can't soar
and he would also like to know
if I could just check around before I left this town
for slow-mo footage of the tumble down so
This may not be my best day
but this ain't no golden age
You looked pretty on the freeway
let's drive into the brave new world.
A van pulls up and someone offers me a ride
the driver lost the map and he was terrified
everybody whispering to save his pride say
"son would you be kind enough to be our guide?"
The driver yells "the one in back already tried,
but his memory is rusty and his vision tied."
glasses and a lubricant were by his side but
the tin man was inanimate, the lion lied
They did not want to see me go
but I did not want to be another muskateer
plus the gas runs out before the van's in gear
Please don't hit me if I do say
but this ain't no golden age
You looked so pretty on the freeway
let's drive into the brave new world...
Buster and his company look good in black
they're looking for a way out of the cul-de-sac
tearing through the phone book and the almanac
they all have dusty noses 'cause they sniff shellac
they finally found the number of a matador
who rode up in a Beemer with a pricey whore
but Buster wasn't quick enough
he'd lock the door
and rode off sayin' he'd be back before the war
by then the night was falling slow
and I did not want to stick around and just look old
when I saw you pulling onto my soft shoulder
This may not be my best day
but this ain't no golden age
You looked pretty on the freeway
let's drive into the brave new world.
Who'd of ever thought to
call that coal?
If my hands were warm then I might
I don't know
I keep panning
and in my reach it
Hangs on
Water falls down
There's no gold in this barren town
"Used to be a man could make his way
with a barrel full of this black coal"
half certain you'd say
but in my reach it
Hangs on
Water falls down
There's no gold in this barren town.
Look at every angle
and draw a square
find some nut you can instead untighten
Watch me in the corner
with a pair
under certain pressure
ace, a diamond
So run your fingers down my back
you'd make such a cool distraction
cause in my reach it
Hangs on
yeah, the walls down
but there's no gold
there's a line drawn and crossed
by the banks.
By the way
water falls down
there's no gold in this barren town.
What could it be
What would you bet
I'm not too sure
About anything yet
'Cause when you put all the love
In the world on a chip
It gives me the creeps
And the Fortean Slip
This revelation
Disinformation
Is a cover up
You cover up
A cover up
I was abducted
I saw the king
I saw the puppet
And looked for the string
I am just one of a number of guests
That you'll drop after running
A couple of tests
Watch 'em hover
Duck and cover
A cover up
You cover up
A cover up
Hey hey I'm underdog
I'm Wally Cox
Got no beer in my fridge
Got no gold in my Knox
But I'm eternally grateful
To you for the call
Cause some kinds of time
Happen once and for all
My hands did not shake
I'm a very good aim
And I know I missed you
Again and again
Lose a lover
Find another
It's a cover up
You cover up
A cover up
Lose a lover
Find another
It's a cover up
...And you want to impress
That you love me more or less
Which of us will be first
To get off
To get hurt
When you come too close for comfort
Come too close for comfort
Much too close for comfort
Too close for comfort
And on line
The acrobat
Who has got his act down pat
Balance rules of etiquette
Until you hang another net
If I get too close for comfort
Come too close for comfort
Much too close for comfort
Too close for comfort
Much too close for comfort
Who comes clean?
Who'll confess?
Who was my second guess?
All that's left you to address is
Will you love me more or less?
When I come too close for comfort
Come too close for comfort
Much too close for comfort
Too close for comfort
Much too close for comfort
I picked up that something of it
I could still try to make
Then watch me blink and overlook
What I undertake
'Til I don't try
I don't try
and I don't want to try to anymore
I would choose to accuse you
Strike the fire
Issue a decree
Ask you why
Watch you take the fifth as I
Give you the third degree
But I don't try
I don't try
I don't want to try you anymore
I don't try to anymore
I won't try you anymore
With a witness dismisses it's adjourned
And by heart the only rope that it's learned is
Mercifully do not prolong
If the way I'm rubbing you is wrong
That is why I kept away so
I'd look strange at your door
In my way, in a nutshell
I don't try
I won't try
I don't want to try you anymore
I can't try to anymore
I can't try you anymore
I don't try
(nine!)
When you're on a high
with no telling how
you got there
I might catch your eye
from a world beneath you
How do you?
Don't you recognize
what you are leaving?
Let me introduce
what you've just seen
a trampoline
and it's dropping out of view
trampoline
until gravity pulls you
When you hit the ground
the impression you are making
is of one who's found
what all the reasons are
you fall so far
and with that put a dent
in my resistance
Hey, look who'se lining up
to intervene
a trampoline
and it's dropping out of view
trampoline
until gravity pulls you
trampoline
and it's dropping out of view
trampoline
until gravity pulls through
Picture this, a small black box
To open it, unlock the locks
As I dissect in retrospect this scene
You turned it on like a machine
A mechanizing go-between
The clock-to-China figurine
I do crash
With everybody on the ground
In pieces, coming down
If we do crash
With everybody on the ground
And pieces coming down
On take-off we were unaware
That we'd wind just up in the air
Now we're fighting for the flare it seems
All you want's another toy
We all need something to destroy
Until you can believe the joy when
You crash
With everybody on the ground
In pieces, coming down
If we do crash
With everybody on the ground
And pieces coming down
This story is past tense
and I did not want my cover blown
Thought well enough was left alone
and who decided you'd rescue me?
Yeah, I do agree
a bent and broken set are we
Up in a tree we're stuck
and the only lights off the wire
are all the moths in the fire
Can't you feel how the air is getting dry
Try, but can't identify
what you start to think
My baby won't come out at night
They took apart the Angel's Flight
For this
Strange Season
Did you feel it change from cold to hot
With fever, you will have a bout
And all you do is talk about
the meaning of the walkabout...
There I go again
A taste of my own medicine
So shake your head and look around
The leaves don't fall
There's still no sound
to this
Strange Season
Then I start to think
I've seen it through
I saw the sights
They disassembled Angel's Flight.
with this
Strange Season
Do you want to know that
it comes down to this?
Do you want to hear that
Ignorance is bliss
Ignorance is bliss
I feel like I'm coming down with it
All of the symptoms fit
And I backslide
An eye on the clock
I don't talk much
When I'm running
On the inside
When every conclusion reached
Is out to you
I put on my best face and my kid gloves, too
And held up the end
Until it's out of my hands
Out of my hands
And if you tuned in to see blood
It's not a subject that I surpass in
My mission's been scrubbed; my brains were washed
Because I never was your assassin
It's like a desert
Sand will have to do
And between my fingers
Saw it running through
Until it turned into this
And out of my hands
Out of my hands
Out of my hands
So come up and check
There's nothing up my sleeve
All the while
It's getting harder for you to believe
Out of my hands
Out of my hands
Out of my hands
Monday
seventeen degrees
the shadows disappear
all around you dear
until it's loud and clear
isn't it the truth
the whole truth
nothing but the truth
so help me
the whole truth
nothing but the truth
so help me God
I'm the bad guy
waiting in the wings
and the key light hat
all my words fall flat
but I'm used to that
getting to the truth
the whole truth
nothing but the truth
so help me
the whole truth
nothing but the truth
so help me God
baby if you want to talk
I'll be there to listen
neither rain,
not hail nor sleet or snow
but Cahuenga is stop and go
this much I do know
all I want's the truth
the whole truth
nothing but the truth
so help me
thw whole truth
nothing but the truth
so help me God
Well you cut me to the quick
with some kind of abandon
and I'm pouring over every word in my mind
And it isn't making sense
'cause it's coming back at random
and I already forgot what I expected to find
So maybe it's the wrong game
I shut down the replay
maybe it's a case of hardness of heart
but I'm down for the count
and there's got to be someway
to clear out whatever keeps us apart
I'll do this
and I'll do that
I'll be burning canyons for you
I'll do this
and I'll do that
and I will wait forever if you'll be there
Now I haven't got a chance
if there's no silver lining
I'm far past the point of doing what's right
I can still strike the match
that'll start the mountains shining
there might be something new in that light
I'll do this
and I'll do that
I'll be burning canyons for you
I'll do this
and I'll do that
but I can't wait 'till heaven
I won't be there...
That's the way it goes
you're going to have to
see it through eventually
listen, I propose that
everybody show
some sort of sympathy
'cause all the highs and lows
are really wearing out
its elasticity
there's no bouncing back
no recovery
put it out of its misery
If you take my devotion
and figure it as something
you're due to accrue
it's only emotion
winding up the motion
we are going through
and don't it break your heart
to watch its little quiver
on the avenue
'til it's crawling back
on its only knee
put it out of its misery
I can hear mercy mercy me
letting this go on and on and on
endlessly
That's the way it goes
everybody knows we're through,
so you see
your I-told-you-sos
weren't any help
and now they're boring me
listen I propose
that we might indulge
a little luxury
but there's no going back
and it falls on me
that it is murder
'cause I know baby, only you
can put me out of my misery
I want to you understand
That I want you
And I want you
The way I do and
I want you to want to have it done to you
I'm so selfish
I am so selfish
I am so selfish
I'm absorbed I am absolved
It's best that you don't get involved
It is not conscious, be assured
And it's not like I haven't heard
I'm so selfish
I am so selfish
I am so selfish
So selfish
I'm so...
I am so selfish
I am so selfish
I am so selfish
In dust we end industrial
Virtuous or virtual
You might find a prince of men
Until that time my name is Penn
And I am selfish
I am so selfish
I am so selfish
So selfish
I'm so selfish
I am so selfish
So selfish
I'm so selfish
I am so selfish
So selfish
I'm so...
First she's going to relocate it
to the southland
stake her claim in Silverlake
what she's showing off
will be on your account
there's little doubt she's
stealing what she confiscates
chalking it all up to fate
that is why she always waits
for the perfect candidate
She's got every reason in the
world to pick one more
as she will demonstrate
how many does that
make it now?
I'm losing count
it's tantamount to
stealing what she confiscates
chalking it all up to fate
and she can not hardly wait
for the perfect candidate
congratulations!
take a bow
what will you do now,
anyhow?
She can read your mind
'cause she wrote it for you
you who'll take surprising bait
like a magic lantern
beaming with projection
my reflection:
slate as blank as
face is straight
makes the perfect candidate
and she can not hardly wait
for her perfect candidate
Never been to Mexico
It's only half a mile or so
the mission on the bluff, below
Don't get out much
Crow tastes like chicken meat
And I've heard cats land on their feet
If that's a lie
I want you to delete it
Was mystified
Took a Greyhound for a ride
And by Arcadia
decided I'd be Steven
Now we're even
Please do not take offense
Salute, two fingers, standard squat
Jabbed the bag without a sense
that you knew half what I forgot
One tug-of-war that pulled me in
and furthermore, it tipped the balance
either/or
Was so deceiving
It's best I leave in
Now we're even
We're caught inside an undertow
I don't know how to overthrow
Cocks crow and dogs will bark
You are swimming in the dark
On tenderloin a hungry shark is feeding
I'm warm and dry
and as the water table's high
it's pointless to identify
my destination
So anchors aweigh
And if I do my own self say
there wasn't any better way
I was conceiving
Now we're even
The fire that this town can see
Is me alight in effigy
I suppose baby don't want me around
She threw my stuff into a pit
And laughed aloud as I dove after it
I suppose baby don't want me around
Is this the place you want to be?
Out of the woods
Out of control
And is it really only me
Who never gets here with you
She changed the number, changed the lock
A rubber door in case I knock
I suppose baby don't want me around
Is this the place you want to be?
Out of the woods
Out of control
And is it really only me
Who never gets here with you
Looking up your balcony
By the light of the moon I will be
I suppose baby don't want me around
The stars above they are not real
They are the sparks from smitten steel
I propose forging is making that sound
Baby don't want me around
Baby don't want me
I suppose my baby don't want me around
I shook upon a bridge
On a fault on the north ridge
Where I placed a picture of you on my Etch-A-Sketch
I give you now the river
And it is too a river though
You may not know
That it is so
And I do not suspect
It's the kind that you'd expect
In this respect
It's concrete and cats
Like Egypt was
I'm on a three day binge
On the lunatic fringe
Palm Desert to the Valley of the Antelope
Where you wore colognes
Made of human pheromones
And I only want to stay inside your envelope
I'll take you to the river
And it is too a river though
You may not know
That it is so
I give you now the river
Not the kind that you'd expect
In this respect
It's concrete and cats
Like Egypt was
I'm on a three day binge
On the lunatic fringe
From Riverside all the way to Livermore
Where the scent she makes
Will now emanate
Until everyone in range
Collapses to the floor
And men will toil
In suits of foil
As they explain that this girl
Was anointed with an oil
I give you now the river
And it is too a river though
You may not know
That it is so
And I do not suspect
It's the kind that you'd expect
In this respect
It's concrete and cats
Like Egypt was
Like Egypt was
Like Egypt was
She's there separating
orange from rind
and i sit at her station every time
so what ever happened to
common courtesy
now one in a million
seems one more than me
i don't mind just watching her
parading for customers
but everybody bayed as i
slowly fade
i go invisible
don't give me away
She's there pouring coffee
watching the time
and i sit half amazed
that she's pouring mine
she said that she'd always
pegged me as gay
and she only plays for keeps
when she plays
well isn't that something
you're pulling my heart strings
but what you gonna do when you
slowly fade
i feel invincible
she went invisible
don't give me away
i go invisible
don't give me away
Sweet Miranda brings me the wine
We have had our fill
of almost everything
turning thistledown laughter
I would take her blue cue too late
I would say the words
almost anything
just to catch what she's after
but you don't believe that I'm
a partner in this game
how can you believe that I'm the innocent one
When the bow broke in pieces we fell
we would scream and shout
almost anything
but the point is we fell dear
There will be no more wishlessness
There may be some doubt
No new day without
Best that we say farewell here
but you don't believe that I'm
a party to the pain
how can you believe that I'm the innocent one
I saw this girl crying
by the wheel of her car
she had balloons in the back seat
the front door ajar
She never moved so I just whispered goodbye
she reminded me of you when you cry
and I didn't mean to make you cry
Sweet Miranda brings me the wine
We have had our fill
of almost everything
turning thistledown laughter
I would take her blue cue too late
I would say the words
almost anything
just to catch what she's after
but you don't believe that I'm
a partner in this game
how can you believe that I'm the innocent one
What a scene
what a drama
just to find the door
that was mean
that was totally uncalled for
have you reached the point
where you must choose
between what you lost and
what you stand to lose
isn't it high time?
Could it be that the future's going
to turn out great?
well, we'll see
meantime somebody
lays in wait
'til you reach the point where
you must choose
between what you've lost
and what you stand to lose
so come up with a new line
'cause baby it's high time
What a shame
I know nothing's ever
been this tough
out of blame
and out of all of that other stuff
but when you're alone with
what you've left
and you've done bereaved and
been bereft enough
you have reached the point
where you must choose
between what you've lost
and what you stand to lose
isn't it high time
baby it's high time
baby it's high time
I won't ever get used to this
A blank spot
temptations
do resist.
The other shoe will drop
just an aftershock
Nice hat; you look like a referee
Nice watch; but why are you timing me?
Its spring has come unwound
I was not out of bounds
This is not out
I drew that line
when I was handed free time.
Bells clang
I guess it's a holiday
Did that rhyme?
Shit! I'm a poet now.
So give me stuff for free
and if I do somehow
into the soft whites
of beautiful lies
stare down
stare
I don't apologize
I've never been the kind
to close an open mind
so leave behind all that extra free time.
Picked a lock and hopped some fences
that won't do
Burning these = a bad example
finding out = a Roman candle
If I'm pale, it doesn't mean something's wrong
If I'm blue, I just held my breath too long
So if you wouldn't mind
just do the deal and I'll be real sublime
when I get all your free time.
In a little while
I'll forget your name
and with the time we had
I will do the same
'cause I can't belong
to any future
the past's a
never ending overture
until it's only now
no matter how
I put my foot down
I want to know my rank
and I want my reward
or I will make a little war
that you can not afford
I don't mean to be
somehow unkind
but the bottom of my heart
is in the backseat
of my mind
it's a drive with will
I guess until
I put my foot down
I don't mean to be
somehow unkind
but when I put
my best foot forward
something's left behind
I'm gonna tell you now
I'm going to make a vow
to put my foot down
Leave it for a while; come back
Leave it for a while; come back
Leave it for a while; come back
What would make a smile on you?
Are you closing in? Come back
Are you still believing what you read?
Are you still believing every word?
(That is what I heard)
But before the day is done
You will notice one
Is caught inside a web somebody spun
In your imagination
Treaded water 'til I made you cry
But I loved you more
Than I will now recall at all
I was born to call that bluff
And isn't history
Just a bargain and a plea
That we'd all know what to break
And what to rise above
Do you think that love
Is a figment of your imagination?
Leave it for a while; come back
Leave it for a while; come back
Leave it for a while; come back
What would make a smile on you?
Are you closing in?
Are you now receiving what you need?
Go find your magician now
I'm an apparition
Under some suspicion
So I flew
And the sky's so blue
For a coup d'etat in your imagination...
If you wipe the slate
let me start again from this moment on
We've been through this before
every single time that i thought you had gone
Well I'm out of reserve
I'm out of my wherewithal,
but when the moment comes
when I've got nothing left
I find I've got it all
see what I know
I can't always believe
a poison kiss
can taste like a reprieve
and once again, i'm caught up from the evenfall.
I know it's late
I'm never in this frame of mind any earlier
I can judge the hour by
how much of what I see
is no more than a blur
Well I'm down on my knees
looking for some kind of antidote
When that moment comes
I keep one thing in mind that keeps my head afloat
What I believe
ain't always what I feel
another chance can sting like naked steel
and once again I'm caught up from the evenfall
It's a mystery can't you see
why you'd still be here with me
I don't need no guarantee
but don't even turn from me
don't ever turn me away.
I want you to keep a piece of me
in there; right below
your majesty
I may tend to it with flattery
or maybe I'll jump start
counting on a battery
what's right, unglue
what's left, breakthrough
brake up, brakedown
let up, leave town
oh fuck, got stuck
you lose, tough luck
the odds were in your favor
the taste was in your savor
how bitter is that swill?
and it's dragging me to you
don't let me go
black hole
falling in
don't let me go
if I'm wrong again
don't let me go
even if it pulls you in
don't let me go
If you don't you can say
you didn't quit
and I'm likely to be needing it
so sorry but
When I let go
I thought you'd know
how to follow
did you swallow?
its gone
head rush
can't see
this crush
will prove I was unworthy
and what I did was usury
I'm sorry for that too
Years away
with foreign girls
the bedlam boys
took sand from pearls
The tide went out
the time was ripe
it's so much more subtle
to be the silent type
and I'm in no mood to reunite
if they came with her tonight
The bedlam boys
make some noise for me
the bedlam boys
Lisa's knocking at
my open door
with a chance to makeup
and a hope for more
So I just whispered to her
underbreath
"This love has suffered
such a quiet death"
The keys in your pocket
have turned to rust
You brought suspicion
and I was put in trust
she says "time and tide abide"
yeah 'cause time and tide's been fried
by the bedlam boys
make some noise for me
the bedlam boys
Well, it's history my baby
like ruins in textbooks
that's making you stare
with come-hither-type looks
and that's why your touch seems
so baited with all those old hooks
this ain't part of the deal
see all that counts is how you feel
about the bedlam boys
make some noise for me
the bedlam boys
make some noise for me...
It's hiding in the corner
of every sacred place
before the ambush you won't want to
recognize its face
It slithers like a viper
readies its attack
tears your flesh and soul apart
then clings on to your back
But not till it turns away
can you feel the pain of all the damage done
and you may notice that
this quick opiate
might wear the wings of angels
that's when you realize
you've been shot down
wounded unto death by something called love
It followed you to hell, Ange
a double agentwho
will listen your every lie
but never tell on you
(just whisper to you true)
It promises you silk things
but burns the clothes you wear
gives you leave in heaven
and you scream that it's unfair
to force you to compare
But not till it turns away
can you feel the pain of all the damage done
and you may notice that
this quick opiate
might wear the wings of angels
that's when you realize
you've been shot down
wounded unto death by something called love...
Always been horseblinded
Could never see
Past the two shades on the periphery
I ask you for mercy
And beg clemency
But something I'm feeling is sticking with me
When you're all alone
And I am not around
I know that you think me
As cold as the ground
I don't play accordion, we disagree
But something I'm thinking is sticking with me
If this ain't by the book then the book must be wrong
And maybe it is what you hoped all along
Now you didn't think I would go quietly
When something about you is sticking with me
This person I've been wasn't me I surmise
You know me too well
You'd see through a disguise
Someone must have cloned a facsimile
And it bears repeating "sticking with me"
They're cutting the bull
And they're drinking its blood
Show me a patriot
Show me a scud
And that's about all I can get from TV
and there's still this feeling sticking with me
If this ain't by the book then the book must be wrong
Can't we sleep in
You can wake me at dawn
We'll start us a regular royal dynasty
So long as you are only sticking with me
it's a kind of parade
it's a bucket brigade
who got it off the wire
that you'd set it and left
just to cover the theft
that would topple and empire
but you wanted the world
and it was only the heart...
only the heart of a girl
for everyone in the know
he's going to put on a show
death defying feats of daring
and for the riff and the raff
he's gonna mimeograph
a statement he's preparing
that he wanted the world
and it was only a heart...
only the heart of a girl
here we are
handing over all we know
either that or
start to blow 'til we've
run out of breath
it's a kind of parade
it's a bucket brigade
who read it off the wire
that you lost your whole world
and it was all over
the heart of a girl
only the heart of a girl
here we are
handing over all we know
either that or
start to blow 'til we've
run out of breath
Without an invitation
it used to be more fun
surveillance through the dry bush
you knew the art of ring and run
and hid behind the t-bird
unless the door would open first
you had a talent for excuses...
an innocent who'd been coerced
you had to have it all rehearsed when
knocking at the big house
knocking at the big house
It always seemed the easiest
when it didn't mean that much
though you welcomed competition
you had an ace no one could touch
but didn't have a short clue
that this gift's a given thing
call it camouflage or filthy rags
it was not enough to let it ring
you had to sign this offering by
knocking at the big house
knocking at the big house
Now there's nothing to conceal you
you come in from the front
the hedges have been cut back
and you're much too old for scavenger hunt
maybe you're collecting
donations for the cause
it may be now or never
so let it ring
don't you pause
you are not breaking any laws when
knocking at the big house
knocking at the big house
keep your eye up to the keyhole
what do you see now
you'll be
knocking at the big house
knocking at the big house
One more for the collection
you've got on your wall
paint it in the frame until
you hire out a little stall
and on a few,
you've got to laugh
as you inscribe
his autograph...
they are the ones that
everybody chooses
beautiful excuses
Closing in on targets
in an open sight
each one spins around you
and around you like a satellite
just take one down
when times are tough
a diamonetta in the rough
they are the ones that
everybody chooses
beautiful excuses
Always tragic perfect bait
they grip you as they captivate
twist, but do not fabricate
then imply they implicate
you get thirsty; while you wait
a demonstrator demonstrates
that you've run out of
holy water, dude
Your works of art are
hanging in the Parthenon
but where's the only one who
ever bothered to take you on
you can't explain
why that one's gone
until you put your finger on
whatever it accuses
beautiful forgery
such beautiful excuses
all you ever wanted someone
who refuses
beautiful
This one is a bad one
It's no lie
but that's not why I'm standing, dear
I only want to whisper to your heart
but I'm too smart for starting here...
we get into that battle room
we choose to get into the battle room
in twos, we get into the battle room
It doesn't have a floor
it's kind of small
but there's no wall between us here
Every move you make's a somersault
in this altered atmosphere
we get into the battle room
we choose to get into the battle room
in twos, we get into the battle room
windows, cover the windows
don't you know the neighbors talk
windows, cover the windows
if you don't then I might walk away...
there will always be a different key
always be a souvenir
but when we're at the door we never pause
It's not because we've got no fear
to get into the battle room
into, we get into that battle room.
Filibust and hesitate
You say I procrastinate
And that my heart beat's second rate
To one you'll recognize
I know that you are drawn to it
So all I am is counterfeit
It pulls you so you must submit
Like ant to honeydew
What once I took as remedies
Are only chalk hypotheses
'Tis the season for a breeze
To blow them all away
To add insult to injury
The sum you gets means I agree
So you can call that empathy
And find someone else to blame
You say it's truth and nothing but
Baby, I sympathize
But all that that implies are lies
Surprise, surprise
All that that implies are lies
Surprise, surprise
They're lies, surprise, surprise
Take this heart and claim a stake
Shove it through so I can't wake
The cock will crow, the day will break
But I won't be around
And it may be the kindest cut
Word comes in edgewise
But all that that implies are lies
Surprise, surprise
All that that implies are lies
Surprise, surprise
They're lies, surprise, surprise
We took the crowd, you were drunk and I was loud
We pulled a fast one zigzagging around
Made our way to a table straight away
And if you?re able
Baby, bet everything you're going to lose
But believe it or not you?ll be highly amused
'Cause what's it worth anyway?
It's just another broken part
Give 'em your artificial heart
Pass the hat, chalk up a real debt
Fancy that, I fucking called it
Now we're on a roll, lose some more
Show him it's worth dying for and play your favorite
Baby, bet everything you're going to lose
But believe it or not you'll be highly amused
'Cause what's it worth anyway?
It?s just another broken part
Give 'em your artificial heart
Punched the floor and through the door
And baby, may I just say on a side note
Nothing's changed
(Just rearranged for you to fix, you're awesome at it)
But these tricks are just theatrics
Wearing your battery out
So splash your face and put on that gown
It's a race and I'm heading back down
Baby, bet everything you're going to lose
But believe it or not you'll be highly amused
Because what's it worth anyway?
It's just another broken part
And I just can't get the thing to start
Let's say that was then here we go again
All our friends are filling the room, it's like a play
And the words that I'll say are not for you
They're for that costume, giving you hope
That when they pull the rope
It's on a happy ending but baby, I'm pretending
Isn't it hard? The windows are barred
But you can't let go and can?t hold onto
Anything sure that's attached and secure
Looking for a lifeline online something to show
That I really do know
So that file I'm sending but baby, I?m pretending
Baby, I'm pretending even though I know better
But I can?t refuse 'cause, although on a ruse
You?ve come to me depending, baby, I'm pretending
I'm on automatic
And you gotta flip the switch
Baby there's a box in the attic
But I couldn't tell you which was which
It's all become a running joke
I'm what you might call simple folk
But everything will turn out fine
Things are looking up
In the meantime
Things are looking up
I'm swinging through the top of the valley
Felling like the missing link
But there's another schematic
And look, she's getting me a drink
While putting flowers on his crypt
'Cause Valentino's lost the script
But everything will turn out fine
Things are looking up
In the meantime
Things are looking up
You blew another ring
I thought you'd quit
Along with calling misfits
But it's me your looking up
I'm on automatic
The only person left to frisk
I know I'm being over-dramatic
But I think I'm going to run that risk
Of walking down the same old plank
And maybe I'm about to tank
But everything will turn out fine
Things are looking up
In the meantime
Things are looking up
Baby, calm down
Baby, come back down to the ground
Let me hold you
Let me hold this moment a spell
I can tell
That there's really not a lot of options open
For another kind of aftermath
You're hoping that there's something else
That you can do to make it come true
Make it perfect, make it O.K.
Light the marquees
Santa Anas twist through the trees
And while the line swings
Putting all your light things with his
Trouble is
That there's really not a lot of options open
For another kind of aftermath
You're hoping that there's something else
That you can do to make it come true
Make it perfect, make it O.K.
And there's really not a lot of options open
For another kind of aftermath
You're hoping that there's something else
That you can do to make it come true
I count the cases piled up high
For the 1:15.
For platform and for passerby
It's the same routine.
I'm ranting while I’m raving,
There's nothing here worth saving.
Tell me now, what more do you need?
Take me to Walter Reed tonight.
Baby I've lost the will for fighting
Over everything.
Well there's a few things I gotta say
And make no mistake, I'm mad…
'Cause every good thing I've had
Abandoned me.
All I want to do is hide.
It's graduation day
And everything I learned inside
Didn't seem to pay.
I've had my fill of palm trees
And lighting up Grauman's Chinese.
Tell me now, what more do you need?
Take me to Walter Reed tonight.
Baby I've lost the will for fighting
Over everything
And there's a few things I gotta say.
Make no mistake, I'm mad.
'Cause every good thing I had
Abandoned me.
A sad and lonesome me.
I'm the walking wounded
And I'd say it to your face
But I can't find my place.
So tell me now, what more do you need?
Take me to Walter Reed tonight.
Baby I've lost the will for fighting
Over everything
And there's a few things I gotta say.
Make no mistake, I'm mad
'Cause every good thing I had
Abandoned me.
A sad and lonesome me.
A sad and lonesome me.
So, she says it's time she goes
But wanted to be sure I know
She hopes we can be friends
I think, yeah, I guess we can say I
But didn't think to ask her why
She blocked her eyes and drew the curtains
With knots I've got yet to untie
What if I were Romeo in black jeans
What if I was Heathcliff, it's no myth
Maybe she's just looking for
Someone to dance with
See, it was just too soon to tell
And looking for some parallel
Can be an endless game
We, we said goodbye before hello
My secrets she will never know
And if I dig a hole to China
I'll catch the first junk to Soho
What if I were Romeo in black jeans
What if I was Heathcliff, it's no myth
Maybe she's just looking for
Someone to dance with
Sometime from now you'll bow to pressure
Some things in life you cannot measure by degrees
I'm between the poles and the equator
Don't send no private investigator to find me please
'Less he speaks Chinese
And can dance like Astaire overseas, okay
What if I were
What if I was
Maybe she's just looking for
Someone to dance with
What if I were Romeo in black jeans
What if I was Heathcliff, it's no myth
Maybe she's just looking for
Hold my head up
Turn around Mary Lynn
Hold my head up
Turn around Mary Lynn
And if you'd only stay the night
You?d see it's not so black and white
And on a hard day put your cares away
Macy Day parade
Solid on a station it is in the air
The floats are floatin' in it
Everything's right
'Cause everything is changed
Everything you thought of
But don't it look the same
When you bend down to it
Bend like a child filled with rum
You wanna see me, fee fo fum
You are trancing through tonight
In the garden of delight
Bring the family up
Bring your friends and neighbors
When they call last call
You look so contagious and I would catch it all
Beyond science of love
Exotic girls retire
Power's out tonight
It has blown a wire
So never mind you, never mind
Do you cultivate an appetite?
For the only open hand to bite
In the garden of delight
Let your hair hang low, let the air surround you
If I look you in moon tonight
Would you leave me [Incomprehensible]?
Every eye will go to you
You do not have a doubt
'Cause baby, these appearances
Are what it's all about
And if I told you how that looks
You'd say, I've got a nerve
Just another particle
That we can all observe
As you trot it out, you know how
You trot it out, you know how
You had a ball at Eden dale
I'll never guess who came
The guy who played the lover in
That film without a name
He lavishes praise upon you
And fetched umbrella'd drinks
And when you think he likes you
Then you like the way he thinks
So you trot it out, you know how
You trot it out, babe, you know how
The merits of my argument
Given up for dead
But humbled by the universe
Revolving 'round your head
Suddenly you?re telling me
That credit where it's due
Every blessing come your way
You've been entitled to
Oh, you trot it out, babe, you know how
So captivate my interest with
An answer for it all
A destiny's awaiting you
You sort of feel the call
But you can't help me with this bit
Of text you memorize
You can make excuses
But you don't apologize
No, you trot it out, you know how
You trot it out, you know how
To trot it out, babe, you know
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