She's got her life living in her heart She's got these eyes well where do I start?
Like looking at the deep night sky
So many worlds inside her eyes
She's a spectacular girl
Part of the job of being a man
Is knowing when to let go of her hand
A kind of power it can't be reined in
To hold her back would be a sin
She's a .. anekatips
Spectacular girl
She sees the beauty in things we all miss
All good things are defined by the kiss
If you feeling like you can't believe
Well then how do you explain the miracle I see
She's a spectacular girl
Spectacular girl
Not a desire and not a need
somethings just happen because they have to be
I'm gonna get there, I'm telling you sir
I'm a man on a mission and I'm all about her
She's a spectacular girl
Spectacular girl
Oh yeah
Souljacker can't get my soul
Ate my carcass in a black manhole
Souljacker can't get my soul
He can shoot me up full of bullet holes
But the souljacker can't get my soul
Souljacker can't get my soul
Left my carcass with the worms and moles
Souljacker can't get my soul
He can hang my neck from the old flagpole
22 miles of hard road
33 years of tough luck
44 skulls buried in the ground
Crawling down through the muck
Aw yeah
Johnny don't like the teacher
Johnny don't like the school
One day johnny gonna do something
Show 'em he's nobody's fool
Aw yeah
Sisters' brothers make better lovers
Family affair down under the covers
Trailer park of broken hearts
Won't let you leave until you're bleeding
Sally don't like her daddy
Sally don't like her friends
Sally and johnny watching tv
Waiting for it to end
Aw yeah
Sisters' brothers make better lovers
Family affair down under the covers
Trailer park of broken hearts
Won't let you leave until you
Rock
22 miles of hard road
33 years of tough luck
44 skulls buried in the ground
Crawling down through the muck
You up there
Don't you think there's something you can do
Well no one ever told me it was gonna be this way
Me down here
Well look at all the things i try to do
Every day's another day
But nothing else is new
Everything i see is broken
There's no water in the well
Oh won't you please send me
Someone to break the spell
Well is it me
Or is it everyone that comes around
They always stay a little while
But they're gone before too long
Hey you up there
Looking down upon this sorry scene
Is it what it's all about
Or is this some bad dream
Everything i see is broken
There's no water in the well
Oh won't you please send me
Someone to break the spell
I've got a million dreams stuck in my head
Woke up with a bang
And a bug on your face
It crawled in your mouth
And gave you a taste of
The good life you left behind
But i think you're gonna be fine
Somebody loves you
And you're gonna make it through
This nagging malaise
Is more than a phase
It feels like a job
But no boss ever pays you to lay there
And think how you'll die
While the tears start to well in your eyes
Somebody loves you
And you're gonna make it through
One more saturday
All alone through the night
You've got to be sure
When you turn out that light
That it's going to turn on again
You've got to be your good friend
Somebody loves you
Tarot cards
Said i'm already dead
Crystal ball
Fell down onto my head
Tenderness
If i want it i pay
My true love
Well she threw it away
But i can shine it all on
I can shine it all on
I can shine it all on
And still be amazed
Had some money
And a hole in my pocket
Had a house
But i forgot to lock it
Took a drag
From a smoke that may kill me
What a drag
How the winter wind chills me
I can shine it all on
I can shine it all on
I can shine it all on
And still be amazed
I'll shine it on just like macbeth
In the face of certain death
Of a salesman or a king
And when the palm trees are on fire
I'll take my boat out on the sea
Had a face
But i never could save it
Had a kid
But i never would name it
Have a life
Well that's what they call it
It's a road
If i lay my head down
I will see you in my dream
Wearing that polka dot dress
And sitting by the stream
Leaning in to hear you
You will whisper in my ear
And everything i need to know
I finally hear
I wish i could remember
But my selective memory
Won't let me
When i was a baby
We would go out to the park
And sit out in the fountain
Splashing 'round until it's dark
The days go on forever
When you only know that much
And everything you need to know
Is answered with one touch
I wish i could remember
But my selective memory
I got some sleep and I needed it
Not a lot, just a little bit
Someone's always tryin' to keep me from it
It's a cryin' shame
It's a royal pain in the neck
I'm just tryin' to get by
With my pride a little bit intact
Ask me any question and I'll level with you
I didn't ask but anything but bein' with you
That's the only thing I was born to do
And they're all insane
Such a royal pain in the neck
I'm just tryin' to get by
With my pride a little bit intact
Another day is put to the test
Lord knows I'm doin' my best
Never a brother, always a guest
It's a cryin' shame
It's a royal pain in the neck
I'm just tryin' to get by
With my pride a little bit intact
And they're all insane
Such a royal pain in the neck
I'm just tryin' to get by
(Something's not right, I don't understand)
Nowadays I keep to myself
Everybody else can look some other way
Things I say seem to get me into trouble
That I've been through for too many days
And trouble is a friend of mine
I'd like to leave behind
I like my friends more refined
Things I lose
Weighing on my heart
Every time I start to think
Maybe it's through
A little lie
Goes a long way when you can't say
Quite for sure what's the truth
The truth is something no one really
Wants to hear you say
Just how you doin and have a nice day
Nowadays you go for a walk
Better not stop and wave or say hello
Just this song
People will spit, give you shit
Just for looking at them
And for walking too slow
Slowly and methodically
I'll lock the world away
Dear ma
You might find it hard to believe
But i think i finally found a home
The weather's lovely
There's so much to see
And people who know what i know
Now i've got friends that do want me
And take me as i am
Now i've got friends that do love me
I'm alright with them
Fitting in with the misfits
Living in the lost and found
And i will never be afraid
For lost souls
Don't know where
They're bound
Dear ma
I know this is hard for you too
But some things are better off said
I've always found it so hard to adjust
I'd rather stay in bed
Now i've got friends that do want me
And take me as i am
Now i've got friends that do love me
I'm alright with them
Fitting in with the misfits
Living in the lost and found
And i will never be afraid
For lost souls
Don't know where
She locked herself in the bathroom again
So I am pissing in the yard
I have to laugh when I think how far it's gone
But things aren't funny any more
I drew a line into the dirt
And dared her to step right across it
And she did
So I am knocking on the door again
I say, "Do you want to be alone?"
She says, "No I don't wanna be alone
But I think that you do
I drew a line into the dirt
And dared her to step right across it
And she did
And I know she's right, I know how it would be
If I had my own way with the world
As I know it should be
She locked herself in the bathroom again
So I've been shutting down the lights
And I don't know if I'll ever go back again
I'm drivin' straight into the night
I drew a line into the dirt
And dared her to step right across it
Wake up the dying
Don't wake up the dead
Change what you're saying
Don't change what you said
Now that it's time that
I got out of bed
When i walk myself down sycamore street
The sun beats down
No shoes on my feet
And i stumble on a daisy through concrete
Pink and brown babies in pink stroller cars
Know that it's good
They don't care where they are
They know that home doesn't feel very far
When i walk myself down sycamore street
The sun beats down
No shoes on my feet
And i stumble on a daisy through concrete
Airplane is flying up in the sky
Making a pattern with the white lines
Looks like a heart
baby genius
look how you've grown
where do you go from here?
didn't we have some good times
after all is said and done
small body and small mind
big head and big headaches
my back is broken
baby genius
find a new ride
Hate a lot of things
But i love a few things
And you are one of them
Hard to believe
After all these years
But you are one of them
Walk down the streets
I'm thinking:
Everybody move along
I've got a sad-hearted needing
To belong
Nevertheless
It's all the mess you made
But i can't let it go
Walk down the streets
I'm thinking:
Look at all the ants in a farm
I've got a sad-hearted feeling
To harm
Hate a lot of things
But i love a few things
When i was born the doctor said
There's something wrong inside that baby head
When i was a boy at sunday school
I told them all that they were fools
All in a day's work
To live and breathe
A sight to see
And so it goes
I went into the fortune teller's
She wouldn't read my horoscope
I go into the laundromat
The people all buy extra soap
All in a day's work
To live and breathe
Dear cousin,
I got your letter
It was more than i thought i deserved
Well she sounds perfect, all i dream of
And i dream about so much it is absurd
But when i get there and she sees me
I'll be impressed if she does not run screaming
My kind of love is an ugly love
But it's real and it lasts a long, long time
I had a thought while i was sleeping
And i dreamed about a place for us to rest
Eternity under the old oak tree
But i go too far i guess
Maybe i'll think about tomorrow
And maybe i can get her to stay that long
'cause my kind of love is an ugly love
But it's real and it lasts a long, long time
And if she finds me so repulsive
She wouldn't be the first to wretch
Well i decided one day long ago
I was never gonna be the greatest catch
And if she cares about the car i drive
Then she can get in hers
The moment i arrive
'cause my kind of love is an ugly love
A knock on the door means
Hello jesus calls
A ring on the phone means
A trip to niagara falls
Daddy don't let me down this time
I'm all alone inside my mind
And it's no small thing
That i must prove to you
A late night card game
With the guys is alright
But i would rather take you
For a test drive
Daddy don't let me down this time
I'm all alone inside my mind
And it's no small thing
That i must prove to you
While i look out
On the passing fields
The sun through the bugs
On the windshield
Makes me feel
Like i
Don't matter
A knock on the door means
Hello jesus calls
A ring on the phone means
There's nothing that i wanna do
More than get alone and be with you
Trouble with dreams is they don't come true
And when they do they can't catch up to you
You don't need a thing from me
But i need something big from you
'cause you know i've got
An awful lot of big dreams
I'm walking down a lonely road
Clear to me now but i was never told
Trouble with dreams is you never know
When to hold on and when to let go
If you let me down it's alright
At least that leaves something for me
'cause you know i've got
An awful lot of big dreams
This is the life that i must lead now
Crossing fingers and wiping brow
Trouble with dreams is you can't pretend
Something with no beginning has an end
You don't need a thing from me
But i need something big from you
Miss o'malley didn't mean what she said
Got a heart but a head full of lead
She can dream but she never can do it
You're alright and you're gonna get through it
People spend their days
Trying to find new ways
To put you down all over town
But they're not fit
To lick your boots
Nothing harder to watch
Than an englishman
Trying to cry
Even if he can
He can dream but he never can do it
Saying you -- you're the one that blew it
People spend their days
Trying to find new ways
To put you down all over town
But they're not fit
Why don't you get me a way out of here
Buy me a ticket
A seat in the rear
'cause i'd say that daylight is time to go home
Every day
Voice in my ear
Telling me
Get out of here
I think that you know it's not so bad
Sitting in rust and taking a bath
But i think that i could find a new way
Every day
Voice in my ear
Telling me
Get out of here
Why don't you just think about it a while
Maybe i'm too much
Cramping your style
But now that it's daylight
It's time to come home
Every day
Voice in my ear
Telling me
It's a beautiful morning
The sky is black as ink
The city's sleeping still
And soon they'll wake up
To the stink
And soon they'll wake up
To the stink of life passing them by
Wake up and smell the stink of their lives
The garbage trucks are coming
To take your shit to the dump
You're smelling pretty now
Such a pretty little lump
A pretty little lump of flesh
Who's lost your way
Another night another day
And when you sleep at night
Dreaming of the pretty things
Don't be too surprised
When the telephone rings
I'll be sitting here
Waiting for the other shoe to drop
I'll be sitting here
You think you'll get under ol' monsieur's lid
And try to imagine all the things that he did
You don't know where i'm gonna go
You don't know where i'll go
I'll go none too bravely
Into the night
I'm so tired of living
The suicide life
That ain't no reason to live
Wake up in the night and think of all the years
Falling from the ceiling and covering your ears
You don't know how you're gonna get out
You don't know how you'll get out
I'll go none too bravely
Into the night
I'm so tired of living
The suicide life
That ain't no reason to live
Call up your best friend
And tell him a lie
You've got to be kidding
I'm not really high
I dont know where i'm gonna go
I don't know where i'll go
I'll go none too bravely
Into the night
I'm so tired of living
The suicide life
People talking sound like dogs
Barking through the trees
Making no sense at all
Meaning nothing to me
Mother mary
Quite contrary
I did not mean to let you go
So quick
People talking crack me up
They don't have a little clue
What it's like to be me
What it's like to lose you
Mother mary
I grow weary
I did not mean to let you go
So quick
People talking sound like dogs
Barking up the wrong tree
Take a good man down
And set the evil free
Mother mary
Quite contrary
I did not mean to let you go
Your stepmother hates my guts
But i don't really care
She don't like me comin' 'round
With my short greasy hair
She would be your best friend
If she had it her way
She would take all your best friends
And put them away
Your stepmother hates my guts
But i don't give a damn
She thinks i'm some kinda' scum
'cause i don't call her ma'am
She would be your best friend
If she had it her way
She would take all your best friends
And put them away
Your stepmother hates my guts
But i won't give up yet
I want you so goddamn much
But she sure is upset
Looking down again i knock
On the door
There she is
Sad foot sign
Why you gotta taunt me this way
The happy side is broken now
It's gonna be an awful day
And if i have to drive back by
To see from a different side
Would it be enough to say
The first time was a lie
Sad foot sign
The end is coming
That's what they say
Maybe you could see it
In your heart for one day
To let me feel what it's about
To really be alive
To live and breathe and see and feel
Then i can die
And when i come back to this world
I'll put on the uniform
And go into the foot sign shop
Mother couldn't love me
But that didn't stop me
From liking her
She was my mom
And i was no son of a bitch
Daddy was a drunk
A most unpleasant man
Asleep on the floor
Just imside the front door
With a smile underneath his red nose
The wrong look his way
Well that could really wreck his day
And believe me when i say
It would wreck your day too
Grandma took me in
Though times were pretty thin
Said i was no son of a bitch
Down on my knees
Don't cry
All the songs you sing
All the flowers you bring
I'm part of everything there ever was
And will be
Go on
You've got places to be
So many things to see
Don't worry 'bout me
I'm already where i should be
Look up
A plane writes in the sky
For every passerby
No one ever dies
They just write things in the sky
If you
Wanna think about me
Look out above the sea
And you can see that I am doing
Feel like an old railroad man
Ridin' out on the bluemont line
Hummin' along old dominion blues
Not much to see and not much left to lose
And i know i can walk along the tracks
It may take a little longer but i'll know
How to find my way back
I feel like an old railroad man
Who's really tried the best that he can
To make his life add up to something good
But this engine no longer burns on wood
And i guess i may never understand
The times that i live in
Are not made for a railroad man
I feel like an old railroad man
Getting on board at the end of an age
The station's empty and the whistle blows
Things are faster now
And this train is just too slow
And i know i can walk along the tracks
It may take a little longer but i'll know
Was i wrong about the world
It's a beautiful new place
Where else could a creep like me
Meet such a pretty face
Meeting every day with the rising sun
Looking up it's looking like
My losing streak is done
Used to always feel like
Wished that i was dressed better
Never had a lot of luck
Until i finally met her
Feeling like the weight that weighed a ton
Lifted off my shoulders now
My losing streak is done
Always felt like giving in
To the feeling i can't win
But i took it on the chin
Now i'm finally cashing in
Meeting every day with the rising sun
Looking up it's looking like
My losing streak is done
My losing streak is done
I said my losing streak is done
Did you hear me
Feeling mighty fine
Feeling mighty fine at this time
Yes i am
Feeling mighty fine
Feeling mighty fine at this time
Yes indeed
Walk down any street
Ask the people you meet
What is it about this place
Keeps you on your feet?
Feeling mighty fine
Feeling mighty fine at this time
Yes i am
Feeling mighty fine
Feeling mighty fine at this time
Yes indeed
Night is coming down
Closer to the ground
Gonna have a little fun
While i'm still around
Feeling mighty fine
Feeling mighty fine at this time
Yes i am
Feeling mighty fine
Feeling mighty fine at this time
Yes indeed
Don't believe the words they say to you
When they are so absurd
And don't believe a word they say about me
Because i'm
Feeling mighty fine
I think i gotta go
I think i'm gonna die
Oh my god, something's wrong
The end is coming near
Because i'm
Feeling mighty fine
Feeling mighty fine at this time
Yes i am
Feeling mighty fine
Feeling mighty fine at this time
Yes i am
Yes i am
Jehovah's witness leave me alone
Jehovah's witness i'm not at home
Keep on a-knockin' and ringin' the bells
Knockin' your way straight to hell
Jehovah's witness let's not pretend
That for one second you are my friend
Knock on my door and i'll turn out the light
Close the curtains and turn in for the night
Jehovah's witness why must it be
Just when i'm feeling good i look out and see
You walking up in your very nice suit
Like i'm some old lady who'll give up her loot
Jehovah's witness leave me alone
I write the b-sides
That make a small portion of the world cry
I like the seaside
And singing songs that make you not wanna die
Throw a stone into the sea
And wait for it to come back to me
Better get out on the boat
'cause someone told me that stones don't float
I like to sit out back
And look up at the squirrels in the trees
They don't like radio tracks
And they don't ever talk down to me
Throw a nut up in the tree
Gonna fall right back on me
Well these guys know who they are
And what they need is in their own backyard
I like to play in the snow
I stick my hand in now where did it go
It might be mighty cold
I need some sleep
It can't go on like this
I tried counting sheep
But there's one I always miss
Everyone says I'm getting down too low
Everyone says you just gotta let it go
You just gotta let it go
You just gotta let it go
I need some sleep
Time to put the old horse down
I'm in too deep
And the wheels keep spinning 'round
Everyone says I'm getting' down too low
Everyone says you just gotta let it go
You just gotta let it go
You just gotta let it go
Everyone is going fetal
It's the dance the kids all feel
Just get down under your desk
Feels like your mama's nest
Alright
Everyone is going fetal
It's the one thats really real
You're gonna love it if you give it a try
You just lay down like you're gonna die
Alright
Everyone is going fetal
If you feel like your fate is sealed
Then just get down and curl on up
Just like a little helpless pup
Alright
So you've got balls now
Marie on the run
Down on newberry street
Seventeen seconds of fun
Apes are overrated, blucky
A kinky batch of pudding, yay!
Garbage dump pumpkin rot
And candy apple gray
Werewolf in a flower bed
Perfect day for lucky guy
This song was never meant to be released
What's that flaming ball in the sky?
The crack head from texas
He can read my feet
A bruised pinata
And a liquid pixie
If friends were flowers
Nothing gold can stay
Consexual sense
And squeegee tales
Bees in the cookie jar
Symphonic despair
Reinventing the manifesto
I, you, we ... don't care
Jacuzzi's and bunnies
A broken fondue set
Koool g is in the outhouse
You can be my mr. french
This old frisbee
Is shitting in the alley
I saw a naked picture of me on the internet
Wearing jesus's new snowshoes
Golly gee
If hell is crowded, then we shall sing
A hip song for the kids in the back
For michele & the dripping of a faucet
Ride the vicious bicycle on the tracks
Olympic mayonnaise, dr. thunder!
Low occupancy vehicle stops and starts
With hollywood suspicion
Nobody's quite sure how it became
That something so good
Could become of this day
But she's like a dream
Where you've lost all your fear
And in this life you're lucky to have
Even one good friend
And it's her that i'll miss in the end
Love stories come
And then love stories go
But this is the one
That i'll always know
She is the one that makes me believe
And in this life you've got yourself
On which you can depend
But it's her that i'll miss in the end
Yeah it's her that i'll miss in the end
Love is a word that gets thrown 'round a lot
Sometimes it means something
Other times not
But she is the greatest love i'll ever know
And in this life you'll never know
What's waiting 'round the bend
But it's her that i'll miss in the end
Yeah it's her that i'll miss in the end
Well, the sun is shining but it don't feel good
Don't smile down on this neighborhood
When i go walking through this stinking town
Mister, i keep my eyes down
The brotherhood of the misunderstood
Live and die here in all likelihood
You're livin' in this town
Better pray for sundown
And baby, when you go downtown
You keep your eyes down
You keep your eyes down
Fair-weather friends need not apply
The man of the house is not inside
Baby, i'm keeping my eyes
Down
Go with the flow, well you've gotta be sick
Think i'd rather hear my heart not tick
But if you don't wanna wear a hospital gown
Better get out now
Or keep your eyes down
Fair-weather friends need not apply
The man of the house is not inside
Baby, i'm keeping my eyes
Down
Well the sun is shining but it don't feel good
Don't smile down on this neighborhood
When i go walking through this stinking town
Mister, i keep my eyes down
Sitting in the funeral parlor
On the night before the day
Think i might have left the stove on
Think i might have left the door unlocked
I don't know if the stores will all be closed
When i get out
I don't know if the chores will all be done
When i get home
Sitting in the funeral parlor
Listen to the organ play
What if i forgot the trash cans
What if i forgot to telephone
I don't know if i wrote the number down
In my book
I don't know if i can stand to stay here
Came home tonight
And i felt like i'd die of loneliness
Strange you think
Popularity
Looking for a simple life
But life ain't simple
I'm tired and sick
But i don't wanna be alone
I'll go to a party
But i don't really want to
For now i'm sitting out here on my porch
Writing in the dark air
Listening to my little black cat meow
Trying to vent some of the terrible passion
That's coursing through me
Something about you
Something about spending the afternoon
Asleep in your arms
I hate you
This is the day
That i give myself up cold
The dust of ages
Settles on your days
And so you shake your coat off
And get on your way
Bloodshot and trembling
A new day has begun
The dust of ages
Settles on your days
And you blow it all away
And get on your way
The dust of ages
Settles on your days
But i'm not fuckin' around anymore
What would you say if i left this town tomorrow
I guess i would
But know i'd miss the train
I know i would
I'll take a dog's life
Just layin' in the sun
I'll take a dog's life
'cause i don't care for this one
Chasing trains and planes and rain
Where is my rain
Falling down upon a thirsty world
I never want to be the same
Another time i might have fit in alright
But not this time
I guess i'm just too soon
To change my tune
I'll take a dog's life
Just layin' in the sun
I'll take a dog's life
'cause i don't care for this one
Chasing trains and planes and rain
Where is my rain
Falling down upon a thirsty world
I've got something
Maybe i should tell you
I may check out
At any given time
Things won't get better
Until they get much worse
Is the curse stronger than me
Or am i stronger than the curse
Everyone is scared of me
And i'm scared of me too
Never know just what i'm gonna do
Heads up, kittens
Everything is bad
The sky is dark now
But it's the best dark i ever had
Hang on to a little thing
And let it guide the way
Bring it with you to
Another day
I've got something
Maybe i should tell you
I'm hanging on here
And i'm really gonna try
Things won't get better
Until they get much worse
Saturday morning
And who's gonna play with me
Six in the morning baby
I got a long long day ahead of me
The parents are sleeping soundly
The neighbors are dead as wood
I'm getting up and coming over
We gotta rock the neighborhood
Nothing's ever gonna happen 'round here
If we don't make it happen
Sleep away the day if you want to
But i got something that i gotta do
It's saturday morning
And this ain't the place for me
I'm giving you warning baby
We got a whole big fat world to see
Nothing's ever gonna happen 'round here
If we don't make it happen
Sleep away the day if you want to
But i got something that i gotta do
It's saturday morning
And who's gonna play with me
Six in the morning baby
Guess i'm doing something wrong
Never feel right in these shoes
Pocket full of matches and a head full of flames
Got to warn you that i'm bad news
She tucks me in and then she screams
"one day you will have to choose
Either take care of me or take care of you
And don't pretend you're not bad news"
Come on now i'll take you home
You don't have a thing to lose
But stick around long enough and you'll find out
I am nothing but bad news
You can never change where you're from
No matter who i will accuse
I'm gonna get on with a better life
And one day i won't be bad news
It's the same everyday when i wake up
It's the same in the way that you
Gave me up
In the middle of a swan dive
And i was soaring down
If i could love you
I'm sure i would
If i could hold you
And feel understood
I'd be there now
But i don't know how
'cause i am an animal
Bundle of rags
Wrap me tight
Keep me safe inside
Warm at night
I am no more
I am not good
I am so sorry
If you misunderstood
I'd make it up
But i cannot
I know i'm not too much of a bargain
And you know that's not what you bargained for
As the hours turn into days
Pretty soon lost in the haze
It's up to you and me
And who's to say
These could be the good old days
I like waking up after a bad dream
Makes it feel like life ain't bad
Little kids go out to play
They're just happy it's another day
It's up to you and me
And who's to say
These could be the good old days
I guess i could be a quiet hero
No one knows the good i've done
You're not sure
Well that's okay
'cause i am
And i'm not afraid
It's up to you and me
And who's to say
She has eyes disability blue, a German dog and strict curfew
And if one man's cage is another man's stage
Then she's turned the script to another page
And she doesn't really give a damn what you have to say
She makes a call on her friend's cell phone
The operator answers and says you're not alone
And if one man's ceiling is another's dance floor
Then she'll be the one running to the sea shore
Trying to tell the seagulls this is home
And if one man's cage is another man's stage
Then she'll be the one wiser than her age
They told me that i couldn't come back here again
Took me for some kind of fool
Said i was doing things that never should be done
But i don't care about their rules
As if i cared 'bout the little minds
In the little heads of the herd
There's nothing you could dream
Would be more absurd
And everybody knows these are rock hard times
I gotta make it through
These are rock hard times
I don't know what it is they're trying to do to me
Make me into some sick joke
But no one's laughing
And least of all not me
It's hard to laugh as you choke
Hollywood lies piled up to the sky
Floating your way soon
Hope you like the rotten stench of doom
And everybody knows these are rock hard times
I gotta make it through
These are rock hard times
I don't know what it is they think i'm gonna try
They don't know what they need to fear
The surest sign that the end is coming soon
Is right there in the bathroom mirror
Everybody knows these are rock hard times
I gotta make it through
These are rock hard times
Life goes on
Nothing is new
Judge made it clear
I can't be near you
Everybody knows that I'm not a violent man
Just someone who knows he's in love
I made mistakes
Everyone does
Don't know why i did
I guess just because
No one gets through to me the way that you do
Now i know i'm in love
Baby it's a little much
To never touch you
When i know i'll never
Find another love like this
Life goes on
Nothing is new
Passing the days
Thinking 'bout you
Everybody knows that I'm not a violent man
I am a lone wolf
I always was and will be
I feel fine
I am resigned to this
I am a lone wolf
I am a lone wolf
Got my cares
Wrapped-up all nice and neat
In my suitcase
I'll take it down the street
To a place with plenty of space for me
I am a lone wolf
I am a lone wolf
It blows my mind
That people wanna try to get
Inside my tired head
I am a lone wolf
I am a lone wolf
I am a lone wolf
Nobody needs to get too close to me
You'll only see this truth
Let's go down to the fashion show
With all the pretty people that you don't know
We'll sit down in the velvet chairs
They'll hand awards out for best hair
And if we don't win one, well, then
We'll blow off our heads in despair
We'll blow off our heads in despair
I smell magic in the room
Flashing lights and sonic booms
Lovely saps all without a care
Nobody said that the world was fair
And if they did say so, well, then
We'll blow off our heads in despair
We'll blow off our heads in despair
Let's go down to the fashion show
With all the pretty people and piles of blow
We'll sit down in the velvet chairs
And hang on tight to our bus fare
And if it falls between the seats
We'll blow off our heads in despair
Am i gonna be all right?
No i'm not gonna be all right
Nothing is all right now
Am i gonna see the sun come up?
Or am i going down?
'cause every day i'm here
All i feel is sheer
Agony
Friends tellin' me that maybe i need
Some psychiatric help
Yeah they're always so quick to tell you
Just how to get on with it
But i look into the mirror
And all i see is age, fear
And agony
If i could just remember what it was like
When i was younger
Before all the joy and happiness
Was replaced with hunger
Now all i've got to show for the seeds that didn't grow
Tomorrow i'll be nine
And everything will be the same
Tomorrow i'll be nine
It's only gonna be another day
They're always looking at me funny
I'm always doing something wrong
I'm thinking they'd be better off
If i was gone
Tomorrow i'll be nine
And everything will be the same
Tomorrow i'll be nine
It's only gonna be another day
They never tell me what they're thinking
They're always busy being mad
I start to thinking
Could it be 'cause I am bad
Oh i'll go
Where i can't hear them
Oh i'll go away
There's got to be someone who wants me
There's got to be someone who cares
Don't know where they are
But i am going there
Tomorrow i'll be nine
And everything will be the same
Tomorrow i'll be nine
Don't know why
She thinks she loves him
Don't go cry
He's just a toy
She calls it only love
Her love it is not pure
She loves a puppet
She loves a puppet
And all that i can do is cry
Got no soul
Only a haircut
He's no man
Barely a boy
Why can't she understand
That i am her true love
She loves a puppet
She loves a puppet
He's made of flesh and blood
His footsteps make a heavy thud
His porch light's on
But no one's home
I'd love to make her mine
But i have to wonder why
She loves a puppet
She loves a puppet
Oh no
She's giving back my old raincoat
The one i said she could keep
Okay
She's taking back her umbrella
Well that's alright with me
Oh why
I feel like i'm a fighter
Who only wins despite
My broken bones
The winner stands alone
Every pocket has a hole
There is no hope
I'm walking around
In my old raincoat
Oh yeah
She's tearing up my old letters
She's setting fire to the heap
Oh joy
She says she's feeling much better
She says it's easy to sleep
Without me there
In the cool night air
The sun is shining
The sky is blue
And I am cold
Just walking around
In my old raincoat
Now i know i'm really free
Oh why
I feel like i'm a fighter
Who only wins despite
My broken bones
The winner stands alone
Every pocket has a hole
There is no hope
I've searched them all
Looking for a note
The sun is shining
The sky is blue
And i am cold
I'm walking around
In my old raincoat
Well i'll rise above
Once I forget
What it was like then
Before we met
I had no dreams
There was no plan
You see it's just that i was
A most unpleasant man
And now it all
Has come to pass
I guess i knew somehow
It couldn't last
And so i'm back
Where i began
And once again i've become
A most unpleasant man
Where will i go
If you're not there
I'll try to find you
Everywhere
Remember me
Not as i am
But how i was
As your truest friend
Remember me
Not as i am
How did i ever become
A most unpleasant man
It's really more than i can say
Looking at this tower
Angels are off duty and asleep
In these wee hours
And there's no place i can go
And this noise inside my head
It comes and goes
It comes and it goes
There's really nothing you can stop
So i guess i'm gonna try
Climbing up this tower
Walking up the stones
Stocking feet
To the clock
This is one place that i know
And the face in front of me
It comes and goes
Not some lucky charm
But something to hold onto
That could hold onto me
And there's no place i can go
And this noise inside my head
It comes and goes
Walkin' along by the L.A. River
This river's such a joke and so am I
I don't know why I should believe her
I don't care what she says
I wanna die
I'd jump right in the drink
But there's no water
I'd jump right in and sink away from here
Poor river
Empty river
I'm feeling just like you
I'm feeling just like you
Walkin' along by the L.A. River
Stepping on broken glass, kicking cans
She's tellin' me I don't even know her
I guess there's some things I won't understand
I'd love to float away like old Tom Sawyer
I'd love to run away and be Huck Finn
Poor river
Empty river
I'm feeling just like you
Walkin' along by the L.A. River
Reading graffiti and throwing stones
She's looking for someone to deliver
She doesn't give a damn if I'm alone
I'd dive right in and drown
But there's no water
My head may hit the ground
But still I'm here
Poor river
L.A. River
I'm feeling just like you
I saw some photos of a happy family
Hanging up on the thrift shop wall
I paid the man and i brought them back home
I feel better now when they don't call
Every once in a while
I see your face when i stare at the ceiling
I truly regret
The day i wrote you off
Always dreamed that one day i'd leave home
And now i do it again and again
And here i go looking for my new home
Or shall i say looking for a best friend
Every once in a while
I see your face when i stare at the ceiling
I truly regret
Are you and me gonna happen
Are you and me gonna happen soon
The gods smile hard down upon
A love that's shared
Heaven's awaiting those who dare
Are you and me gonna happen
Are you and me gonna happen soon
A sweeter feeling i can't guess
Will ever be
A truer union i can't see
I don't know how much more i can take
I will run through the streets
I will howl at the moon
In this world of shit
Baby you are it
A little light that shines all over
Must take over
And see us through the night
Daddy was a troubled genius
Mama was a real good egg
Why don't we just get together
For whatever
And see if it's alright
I spent so many days
Just staring at the haze
And i think that that's a book
That i don't have to write again
Now when i rise i shine
I've got you on my mind
And the question isn't if
The question is merely when
Baby, i confess
I am quite a mess
So let's get married and
Make some people
More than equal
In this world of shit
I will make a pledge
To get down off the ledge
You and i belong together
And forever we will have
Woman driving, man sleeping
With a suitcase on the rack
White lines shooting by
On the pavement like the sky
Looking straight ahead into the black
Woman driving, man sleeping
There's no radio to play
Sitting with the map
Laying crumpled on her lap
Looking for the toll money to pay
Man sleeping is man dreaming
In a large apartment house
Walking and knocking on doors
Woman driving, man sleeping
Passing all the other cars
Searching in the black
But never turning to look back
A little metal box under the stars
Man sleeping is man dreaming
In a large apartment house
Walking and knocking on doors
Did you think that i would laugh
When you said i was small?
Did you think that that would pass
As if nothing at all?
You say a lot of funny things, my little bunny
And i almost always laugh
But that's not really funny
You play the little bells and tell a good story
You bake delicious pie and that's enough for me
But i am big i am your man
And you're my little honey
And i like what you have to say
But that's not really funny
You must not continue to emasculate me
The neighbor children through the window
Clearly see
The little boy will wipe his nose because it's runny
Then point at me and laugh
Souljacker can't get my soul
Ate my carcass in a black manhole
Souljacker can't get my soul
He can shoot me up full of bullet holes
But the souljacker can't get my soul
Souljacker can't get my soul
Left my carcass with the worms and moles
Souljacker can't get my soul
He can hang my beck from the old flagpole
But the souljacker can't get my soul
Any parts in italics are not know for sure.
22 miles of hard road
33 years of tough luck
44 skulls buried in the ground
Crawling down through the muck
Oh yeah
Johnny don't like the teacher
Johnny don't like the school
One day Johnny is goinna to do somethin'
Show 'em he's nobody's fool
Oh yeah
Chorus
Sisters Brothers make better lovers
Family Affairs are under the covers...
Gina clocks the broken hearts
won't let you leave until you're bleeding
Sally don't like her daddy
Sally don't like her friends
Sally and Johnny are watchin' TV
Waitin' for it to end
Oh yeah
Chorus
22 miles of hard road
33 years of tough luck
44 skulls buried in the ground
Crawling down through the muck
Oh yeah
You don't have a clue
What it is like to be next to you
I'm here to tell you
That it is good
That it is true
Birds singing a song
Old paint is peeling
This is that fresh
That fresh feeling
Words can't be that strong
My heart is reeling
This is that fresh
That fresh feeling
Try to forget what's in the past
Tomorrow is here
Love,
Orange sky above lighting your way
There's nothing to fear
Birds singing a song
Old paint is peeling
This is that fresh
That fresh feeling
Words can't be that strong
My heart is reeling
This is that fresh
That fresh feeling
Some people are good
Babe in the 'hood
So pure and so free
I'd make a safe bet
Coming home from the school today
Crying all along the way
Ain't no way for a boy to be
Begging ma to shave me please
You little punks think you own this town
Well someday someone's gonna bring you down
Life ain't pretty for a dog faced boy
You take back what you said now
That's the last time i cry
You don't know what it is to be a friend now
'til i walk beside you on the street now
Ma won't shave me
Jesus can't save me
Dog faced boy
Life ain't pretty for a dog faced boy
Going back to the school tomorrow
Hang my hairy head in sorrow
Ain't no way for a boy to be
Ain't no way to set me free now
Ma won't shave me
Jesus can't save me
I don't miss where i came from
But each night i dream about being back home
When i wake up in the morning
I'm too tired
And tired of being alone
So i get up and go downtown
And pick me out a little piece of ground
Where i can prove something to the world
I can prove something to the world
Don't look at me
I'm the bus stop boxer
Daddy put us in the truck and
Dropped us off and said good luck
Then one lucky kid waiting for the bus
Made a winner out of one of us
Don't look at me
I'm the bus stop boxer
Going down to the railroad tracks
Where people know that they better not relax
I'm the man
Baby i am the man
see this watch she gave me?
well it still ticks away
the days I'm climbing back for me
the medication's wearing off
gonna hurt not a little, a lot
keep on tickin' you're not lickin' me
step on a crack break your mother's heart
red light green light black
suicide e-mail do not delete
plug it back in the jack
start to be what they want you to be
and you see yourself as they see you
sunsrise at the corner of
sunset and alvarado
I think what the hell do I do now
watch the day disintegrate
so I can stay up late and wait
see this watch she gave me?
well it still ticks away
P.S. You Rock My World
I was at a funeral the day I realised
I wanted to spend my life with you
sitting down on the steps at the old post office
the flag was flying at half mast
and I was thinkin' 'bout how everyone was dying
and maybe it is time to live
I don't know where we're going
I don't know what we'll do
walked into the thrif-tee
saw the man with the hollow eyes
who didn't give me all my change
but it didn't bother me this time
'cause I know I only got this moment
and it's good
I went to the gas station
old woman honked her horn
waiting for me to fix her car
I don't know where we're going
I don't know what we'll do
laying in bed tonight I was thinking
and listening to all the dogs
and the sirens and the shots
and how the careful man tries to dodge the bullets
while a happy man takes a walk
and maybe it is time to live
No, I don't know how to start
I'm the king of the roads, yeah
La la la
Springfield's looking pretty dusty today
I see their dreams coming undone
The view from inside ward nine affords this much
A town teeming with the unloved
Close the window and lock it so it's good and tight
La la la
Turning eighteen and trying not to look too lost
Have a not so nice day
The jacket makes me straight so I can just sit back and bake
You know I think I'm gonna stay
Talking very loud but no one hears a word I say
La la la
La la la
Come visit me tonight at eight o'clock
And then you'll see how I am not the crazy one
Voices tell me I'm the shit
Twenty days go by and every day looks the same
La la la
La la la
coming down through the alley
trying to walk without a sound
it doesn¡¯t really matter
¡®cause there ain¡¯t no one around
tip toe through the alley and
tip toe through your life
you still got it coming
be it gun be it knife
next thing you know
you¡¯re eating hospital food
karaoke castration
take the wasp alive
he¡¯s gonna sting you anyway
and take you to the hive
yesterday was suckin¡¯ and
tomorrow¡¯s looking bad
who knew that today
was the only thing I had
hospital food
want some hospital food
hospital food
delicious hospital food
in your tribute album to the world
you must never forget
to sing the one about the cat
who¡¯s always getting wet
he always got a problem
he¡¯s a very bitter dude
and now he¡¯s complaining
about his hospital food
hospital food
it¡¯s gonna help the medicine go down
want some hospital food
gonna take a walk without a sound
a little hospital food
helps the spoonful of sugar come up
I want some hospital food
in your blender and in my cup
[Instrumental]
going to your funeral and feeling I could scream
everything goes away
driving down the highway through the perfect sunny dream
a perfect day for perfect pain
look at all the people with the flowers in their hands
they put the flower on the box
that¡¯s holding all the sand that was...
that was once...
that was once you
Honolulu hurricane I knew that you were not insane
living in the insane world
smiling like it¡¯s no big deal
scrabby wounds that never heal
the woman was only a girl
look at all the people with their heads down in their hands
when everything I¡¯m feeling makes it hard to understand
that,
what I need to miss...
It¡¯s what I need to miss...
is you
going to your funeral and I¡¯m feeling like a fool
no one¡¯s gonna take the blame
thinking about the days of hanging out behind the school
everything goes away
Went down by the old courthouse
Stumbling through the streets
Had to get out of the house
Had to use my feet
And you may not think much of me now
But i think so damn much of you
Don't take any wooden nickels
When you sell your soul
A devil of a time awaits you
When the party's over
You're on your own
Trash truck coming up the road
Picking up the trash
Riding to a better place
Hoping we don't crash
Thinking how things have turned out
I never would've guessed it this way
Don't take any wooden nickels
When you sell your soul
A devil of a time awaits you
When the party's over
You're on your own
Now the party's over
feeling scared today
write down ";i am ok";
a hundred times the doctors say
I am ok
I am ok
I¡¯m not ok
skin is crawling off
mopping the sweaty drops
sticking around for this shit
another day
another day
not another day
pink pill feels good
finally understood
take me in your warm, embrace
I am trying
I am trying
efil¡¯s good and the time is right
I¡¯ll bundle up and slip away
the count is down and the drip is up
it¡¯s time to split this hunk of clay
now you can bring my suitcase
but you can¡¯t bring me
and you can have all the money
¡®cause you say that you must
but if you think that it matters
take a look at me
and don¡¯t close your eyes as I turn into dust
efil¡¯s good
don¡¯t tell me that I can¡¯t do this
as if you knew
but you don¡¯t know
how efil¡¯s good
standing in the dark outside the house
breathing the cold and sterile air
well I was thinking how it must feel
to see that little light
and watch it as it disappears
and fades into
and fades into the night
so I know you're going pretty soon
radiation sore throat got your tongue
magic markers tattoo you
and show it whare to aim
and strangers break their promises
you won't feel any
you won't feel any pain
and the streets are jammed with cars
rockin' their horns
to race to the wire
of the unfinished line
thought that I'd forget all about the past
but it doesn't let me run too fast
and I just wanna stand outside
and know that this is right
and this is true
and I will not
fade into
fade into the night
standing here in the dark
the kids are diggin¡¯ up a brand new hole
where they put their deadbeat mom
grandpa¡¯s happy watching video porn
with the closed caption on
and father knows best
about suicide and smack
well, hee hee hee
cancer for the cure
cancer for the cure
buckle up and endure now baby
cancer for the cure
¡®ol blue eyes is back again
but he was never here in the first place
a heart attack may be something to fear
but take a look out back
¡®cause courtney needs love
and so do I
well, hee hee hee
cancer for the cure
cancer for the cure
buckle upand endure now sweet thing
the cancer for the cure
got a 3 speed and banana seat
sitting back on the sissy bar
went to sev and got got a drink
wish I was driving in daddy¡¯s car
and I looked up at the sky last night
and I thought I saw a bomb
and why won¡¯t you just tell me what¡¯s going on?
riding down on sprinhill road
meeting alfred out in the woods
dogs bark and mosquito¡¯s bite
scratching the itch that makes it feel good
and I looked into the mirror last night
all I saw was a pretty blonde
and why won¡¯t you just tell me what¡¯s going on?
life is funny
but not ha ha funny
peculiar I guess
you think I got it going my way
then why am I such a fuckin¡¯ mess?
want a pony and a birthday cake
want a party with a scary clown
kneel down and bow to the princess
kneel down for the queen of the town
and I looked up at the sky last night
and I thought I saw a bomb
and why won¡¯t you just tell me what¡¯s going on?
tell me what¡¯s going on
I bought some rock star ashes
From the back of rolling stone
I guess he wouldn't mind it
They couldn't sell his soul
The tiger in my tank
Is going to go extinct
And i'm not feeling so good myself
I think i'm on the brink of disaster
I had a dream last night
The tv and the phone
Grew some legs and took a walk
And left me all alone
The tiger in my tank
Is going to go extinct
And i'm not feeling so good myself
I think i'm on the brink of disaster
When i grow up i'll be
An angry little whore
I'll give you all the finger
Sun comes up on the old neighborhood
Spray-painted bricks and dead firewood
Well i don't know where i'm gonna be next
I don't care where i'm gonna be
Next time if you think of it
You might remember me as
The one who let you down
But never made another
Sound of fear
Some people like to call me chuck
It's charles and you are shit outta' luck
If you think you know what happens next
You think you know what happens
Next time if you think of it
You might remember me as
The one who let you down
But never made another
Sound of fear
Sun goes down on the old neighborhood
Dark, damp the stop where i once stood
I don't know where the bus stops next
And i don't care where the bus stops
Next time if you think of it
You might remember me as
The one who let you down
But never made another
Sound of fear
The sound of fear
I can't hear
Taking a walk down to the mall
Smelling piss and beer and gas
That could be me in a couple years
Suckin' fumes under the highway pass
On a rainy day
While i wear newspaper for pants
And a t-shirt that says
"damn i'm good"
People look funny when they cry
'cause they just can't let it hide
Typing into your little box
Press the cry button
It unlocks
On a rainy day
No one has a thing to say
Easier to look the other way
Take a look in the killer's eyes
And you see there's nothing there
But something is sacred in your eyes
And something to believe
On a rainy day
And as the world will blow to bits
Today is a lovely day to run
Start up the car with the sun
Packing blankets and dirty sheets
A roomful of dust and a broom to sweep up
All the troubles you and i have seen
Cross when the drawbridge light is green
Don't look back to that messed-up scene
Packing blankets and dirty sheets
A roomful of dust and a broom to sweep up
All the troubles you and i have seen
And all our troubles will be gone
Blowing out over that bridge
Floating up into the sky
Making the storm clouds cry
Put out that smoke and breathe some air
Get a new name and cut your hair
Packing blankets and dirty sheets
A roomful of dust and a broom to sweep up
It's a motherfucker
Being here without you
Thinking 'bout the good times
Thinking 'bout the bad
And i won't ever be the same
It's a motherfucker
Getting through a sunday
Talking to the walls
Just me again
But i won't ever be the same
I won't ever be the same
It's a motherfucker
How much i understand
The feeling that you need someone
To take you by the hand
And you won't ever be the same
I can't look at the rocket launch
The trophy wives of the astronauts
And I won't listen to their words
'cause I like
birds
I don't care for walkin' downtown
Crazy auto-car gonna mow me down
Look at all the people like cows in a herd
Well, I like
birds
If you're small and on a search
I've got a feeder for you to perch on
I can't stand in line at the store
The mean little people are such a bore
But it's alright if you act like a turd
'cause I like
birds
If you're small and on a search
I've got a feeder for you to perch on
I've got a feeder for you to perch on
If you're small and on a search
I've got a feeder for you to perch on
I've got a feeder for you to perch on
The cut-rate mime walking through the dirty streets
Of paris in the hot august heat
Sun melting the fake smile away
Just looking for a place to stay
The actress gave up all her old dreams
And traded up now she is a queen
Royal families don't have time for that shit
Your crystal ball - you keep it hid
The tractor-trailer driver radios:
Help me someone i'm out here all alone
Truck driving the black night away
Praying for the light of day
The kid in the mall works at hawt dawg on a stick
His hat is a funny shape his heart is a brick
Taking your order he will look away
He doesn't have a thing to say
But me i'm feeling pretty good as of now
I'm not so sure when i got here or how
Sun melting the fake smile away
Take heart, my little friend
And push back your seat
Soon we'll be far away
Far from the street
Where you learned how to be
Not what you are
Up on the shoulder
There is a town
With a little motel
And an old movie house
We'll go to a movie
Whatever it is
Watching the movie
The world's gonna end
And there ain't a place for
A boy and his friend
To go
I'll pick some daisies
From the flower bed
Of the galaxy theater
While you clear your head
I thought some daisies
Mama grapped onto the milkman's hand
and then she finally gave birth
years go by still i don't know
who shall inherit this earth
and no one will know my name until it's on a stone
this could be your lucky day in hell
never know who it might be at your doorbell
this could be your lucky day in hell
waking up with an ugly face
winston churchhill in drag
looking for a new maternal embrace
another tired old gag
am i just a walking bag of chewed up dust and bones
this could be your lucky day in hell
never know who it might be at your doorbell
this could be your lucky day in hell
father theresa you can't make me into you
i never wanna be like you
why can't you see it's me
you know it's time to let me go
this could be your lucky day in hell
never know who it might be at your doorbell
this could be your lucky day in hell
spunky don't like her uniform
it never fit so good
going back to the orphanage
and the place where her garage once stood
well it's a free-for-all
free-for-all, free-for-all
it's a free-for-all you and me
and if you don't like what they are telling you
you can't teach a blind man to see
well i can see
spunky looks good in her bright red wig
eating chocolate chip mint ice cream
a cat named lola with a violent past
is balled-up asleep 'cross her knees
and it's a free-for-all
free-for-all, free-for-all
it's a free-for-all you and me
one day the world will be ready for you
and wonder how they didn't see
spunky knows she can save the world
in her own little way
turning in her old uniform
'cause you know it really didn't pay
'cause it's a free-for-all
free-for-all, free-for-all
it's a free-for-all you and me
i'll walk through the world with your name on my tongue
and your picture etched on my screen
there's a spider crawling on the bathroom mirror
right on top of my right eye
and i can't stop staring back
how did i get this way
take a big look at a living lie
rags to rags and rust to rust
how do you stand when you've been crushed
so rags to riches was a bust
sometimes i dream about it
what it's like back home
the railroad tracks and the pussywillow
but i had to leave it
now i go back whenever my tired head hits the pillow
rags to rags and rust to rust
how do you stand when you've been crushed
so rags to riches was a bust
busted once again
well i'll show them one day
that i can buy and sell the world
and one day i'll come through my american dream
but it won't mean a fucking thing
rags to rags and rust to rust
how do you stand when you've been crushed
so rags to rags and rust to rust
don't let me go
Life is hard and so am I
you better give me something
so I dont die
Novocaine for the soul
before I sputter out
Life is white and I am black
Jesus and his lawyer
are coming back
Oh my darling will you be here
before I sputter out
Guess who's living here
with the great undead
this paint by number's life is fucking with my head
once again
Life is good and I feel great
'cause mother says I was
a great mistake
Novovaine for the soul
you better give me something
to fill the hole
before I sputter out (repeat)
Oh she comes on like a fog
And then she goes out
Like a neurotic dog
So now i'm sitting here
Thinking all day long
Looking out the window
With a blue hat on
Find me an open grave
Just push me in
Then let me up to live again
So she bought a little book
And filled it up with names
She never shook
So i'm just one of them
Thinking all day long
Looking out the window
With a blue hat on
Find me a sky high cliff
Just let me try
To jump right off
there's a world outside
and i know 'cause i've heard talk
in my sweetest dream
i would go out for a walk
but i don't think i'm ready yet
i'm not feeling up to it now
just not that steady yet
and i don't need you telling me how
there's some happiness
and my stone face cracks again
maybe sometime sooner or later
but i don't think i'm ready yet
i'm not feeling up to it now
just not that steady yet
and i don't need you telling me how
so if i leave my room
don't you tell me to lighten up
maybe sometime sooner or later
but i don't think i'm ready yet
i'm not feeling up to it now
just not that steady yet
and i don't need you telling me how
Its like im dressed up in my mothers clothing
its like im talking to a voice that doesnt exist
its like i got a wire crossed upstairs
but all i want is just a little truth and thats it
they say im mental but im just confused
thay say im mental but ive been abused
they say im mental cause im not amused my it all
another anchor man is on the T.V.
he's got that far away and vacant look in his eyes
i turn the channel but nothings changing
the only truth is that everythings a lie
they say im mental but im just confused
thay say im mental but ive been abused
they say im mental cause im not amused my it all
there's truth in everything
there's truth in lies
with all this knowledge
i think im gonna be wise
they say im mental but im just confused
thay say im mental but ive been abused
they say im mental cause im not amused my it all
not at all
not at all
are you one of the beautiful people
is my name on the list
wanna be of the beautiful people
wanna feel like i'm missed
hey you with the walkie talkie
i know my clothes are not right
i wish i had my own walkie talkie
that reached to god every night
everyone needs to be somebody
everyone needs to find someone who cares
but i don't know if you know what i mean
'cause i'm never on your list
are you one of the beautiful people
am i on the wrong track
sometimes it feels like i'm made of eggshell
and it feels like i'm gonna crack
everyone needs to be somebody
everyone needs to find someone who cares
but i don't know if you know what i mean
'cause i'm never on your list
turn the ugly light off god
wanna feel the night
everyday it shines down on me
don't you think that i see
don't you think that i see what it's all about
hard to look the other way
while the world passes me by
and everyone is trying to bum me out
it's a pretty big world god
and i am awful small
everyday they rain down on me
flower in a hailstorm
flower in a hailstorm
i'm living for the drought
i could throw it back at them
but then i play their game
everyone is trying to bum me out
when i came into this world they slapped me
and everyday since then i'm slapped again
tomorrow's king: an unsightly coward
you see, I know i'm gonna win
turn the ugly light off god
don't wanna see my face
everyday it will betray me
don't you think that i know
don't you think that i know what they're talking about
if they step on me tonight
they're gonna pay someday
everyone is trying to bum me out
You're such a beautiful freak
I wish there were more just like you
You're not like all of the others
And that is why I love you
Beautiful freak, beautiful freak
That is why I love you
Beautiful freak, beautiful freak
Some people think, you have a problem
But that problem lies only with them
Just 'cause you are not like the others
But that is why I love you
Beautiful freak, beautiful freak
Yeah, that is why I love you
Beautiful freak, beautiful freak
Too good for this world
But I hope you will stay
And I'll be here to see that you don't fade away
You're such a beautiful freak
I bet you are flying inside
Dart down and then go for cover
And know that I, I love you
Beautiful freak, beautiful freak
You know that I, I love you
Beautiful freak, beautiful freak
Beautiful freak, beautiful freak
Never much of a hopeful man
Nothing good to say
But i couldn't help it
When i saw her
I had to know her
She don't know where to go
She don't know how to stay
And she don't know how good i can be
Or how much i can pray
And soon i know her a little more
She's everything i dreamed
But still i wonder
What it would be like
If she let me
She don't know where to go
She don't know how to stay
And she don't know how good i can be
Or how much i can pray
There must be something
That's following her
That keeps her from the stay
There must be something
That makes me want to pray
She says she's alright
But she's not sure
And i'm not sure what that means
She says she's alright
But she needs some help
I wanna see paris
Insane on the seine
I wanna do that bull run thing in spain
I wanna go to england
And walk down penny lane
Half a pint in ireland
May wash away my pain
I'm stuck in mud
Spinning my wheels
And i'm all alone
On the road
To nowheresville
I wanna meet a little girl
With french horn lips
And introduce her to my trip
I'll make her smile on the nile
Hold her hand in japan
But last thing's first
For all my plans
I'm stuck in mud
Spinning my wheels
And i'm all alone
On the road
To nowheresville
I'm on my way
I'm almost nowhere
I'm almost everything
I swore i'd never be
When i get there
Then i'll go somewhere
I'm gonna pay my last respects
And get the hell out of there
