I don't believe you
You twist the truth
when you speak
Of my intelligence
You'd better make amends
Take it back
I won't exemplify
the vile lies
I know you told about me
During that time
I thought you were my friend
You and I were inseperable
but now you have become
totally unacceptable
And I'm still harmless
as a cloud
But I'm not insane
Don't you call me mad
I warn you
I'm not
When we first met
you said you thought
I was the most clever
Guy you know now I don't know
what I've done wrong
What did I do ?
Just 'cause I eat some squirrel meat
now and again
doesn't mean that I have
a faulty brain
Don't call me stupid
It's time again for another fashion trend, now it's time to be
alone again
I might be unreasonable, but why's style seasonal?
I'd rather stick to my own sorry lack of taste
You'll be amazed by the range of possibilities open for you and me
When we become stylefree
If you get it, you really got it bad and if you don't, it's even worse, I guess
I'm not impressed, you'll feel inside, you'll be living without
and if you're in on anything, you're in with the outcrowd
Whatever happens to your karma? Does it come off with your clothes?
Show me your naked ass and see if I'm still as impressed
Well, God only knows ... as for me
I'm free, there ain't nobody gonna tell me how to be, that's right
I'm free, there ain't nobody gonna tell me how to be, stylefree
It's been said before, but I'll say it again
Don't put your soul in someone else's skin
Wolf and sheep in dummy's clothing, how could I tell that you're for real?
Succumb to any trend, but when it ends
Don't pretend it's not a part of you, you'll see ...
You're free, ain't nobody gonna tell you how to be, that's right
Now it's time to finally sell out
It's the right time
for the big one
There is no doubt were through
Playing for weeks
for crowds of ton
We've lost good money on this band
But now we're back at scratch again
Now's the time to sell our souls
A foreign label, a full length CD
But we're the same guys
In the same clothes
though one guy left us
Fortunately
We're six years on
though rearranged, is it that strange
that we have changed ?
It's no big deal but this time we get paid
How does that make you feel ?
Cut some slack
Scratch your backs
We've started from scratch
Do you grudge us
one-roomers of our own ?
Paying rehearsal space ?
The band van loan ?
Is it "not punk"
Having food to eat ?
Would our songs be better
if we lived out on the street
Now it's time for the CD to sell
But if it'll happen
ain't no tongue can tell
and it doesn't do well
We're the stuck-up gits
We always were
After all
we've said and done
we're still in it
For the fun
I't weird how the years pass on
It feels like we've just begun
one foot still inside and the other one outside the door
trying to hold on though he knows he was way better off before
you gotta have a little faith boy
you gotta have a little faith, that's what she says
but he tries to run off, tries to make his way through the door
as she keeps laughing, that's right boy, i nailed your foot to the door
you gotta have a little faith boy
you gotta have a little faith, that's what she says
scaredycat, oh scaredycat
sitting like a doormat
scaredycat, oh scaredycat
sitting like a doormat
this bubble is meant to burst
you gotta cut off, gotta cut off
scaredycat, oh scaredycat
sitting like a doormat
a single string of hope, she's clutching your hand harder
determined not to let go but it slowly slips away
you gotta have a little faith girl
you gotta have a little faith, that's what he says
no strings attached, cut back it's all gone
only fragments and broken pieces of a past dream
nothing to hold on to anymoreyou gotta have a little faith,
that's what he said
scaredycat, oh scaredycat
sitting like a doormat
scaredycat, oh scaredycat
sitting like a doormat
smelly cat, smelly car
what are they feeding you?
scaredycat, oh scaredycat
sitting like a doormat
a thousand miracles once promised not destroyed
she keeps a piece of his heart, he keeps a piece of hers
have you seen the tame old black bear
dancing among the cows
i keep my claws drawn in
but i could never be their friend
i couldn't
dance!
when i tell you
Step!
they all came here for you
and when the day is done
into the yard she'd run
for a shower under golden stars
with the fire horse
then back to her booth
a little unclean, a little uncouth
dance!
and don't forget to pose
Step!
here's a poker for your nose
this is the way
this is the motion
come with me
let's fake devotion
she used to do it every night
to hold on
a dancing bear among the cows
i didn't mean to strike her
it was just instinct
but when he unleashed her, she just couldn't dance
she couldn't
dance!
i'm dancing like a crane
Step!
shuffle, ball and chain
this is the way
this is the motion
come with me
let's fake devotion
she used to do it every night
so hold on
hold on
the final penalizer:
a three-way mouthwash Tizer
Walked by a patch of water in which I saw the sun
It made me think of you, and how far you'd really gone
Then I heard the sound of wings, of a bird that didn't sing
He held his breath for you, that's something that I can't do
That bird didn't know a sad song and when I whistled one he flew along
I guess what scared him was the sound,
he left two feathers on the ground
I left them i the earth, guess all beauty turns to dirt, but
I will wait for you till the stars fall down into my backyard
I will wait for you, as the sun burns down upon my back
I'm lost in the stars
Love is a battlefield, love is murder
Pacifism is suicide, what can I do but hurt her?
The stars aren't falling and neither are you and I
The stars are calling, but we're not calling anymore
Let's start another war
[repeat chorus]
Once we were free to ram these lands and cut right through the fog
Now that they're gone and we're older,
Baby take me onto higher ground
Make me holy
Help me control it
Show me a piece of Heaven
here on Earth
Say a prayer
for all your unlucky ones
who've yet to find God
Big Bang
Life dawns with lust
Every sperm
is sacred to us
In God we trust
My mind is set on the little death
and the magic of rebirth
Oh Lord
Thou who aret on thigh
swollen be thy limb
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
how can you ask me that
how can you even consider it
from where i stand, i know you don't
i know there's a million guys out there
and i'm deeply flattered
but i know why you're asking
it doesn't really matter
cause you wouldn't know romance if it came in your mouth
cause you got no heart
you're a headfoot
thinking of legging it
yeah
you're a headfoot
you ain't got no heart
you think you're so daring
but how can someone be brave
when you've got nothing to lose to start with
you don't need guts to flirt
not the first, not the final kiss
what takes courage is embracing what you know you'll miss
you're not singled out
you can't live without
your pretty face ain't making pace
you're a headfoot
thinking of legging it
yeah
you're a headfoot
you ain't got no heart
headfoot
thinking of legging it
yeah
you're a headfoot
you ain't got no heart
you got no heart
you're always legging it
always running scared
what if it was you who cared
as for myself, i'm a curious child
i know where i stand when i'm running wild
got a place to start
got a hungry heart
i'm going out tonight
i'll love out your lights
you got no deal cause you got no feelings
you just walk and talk
you got no time for your guts and heart
headfoot
headfoot
headfoot
you ain't got no heart
you got no heart
By light of wine I am writing this letter just to let you know
I've finally completed the circle pissed out you name in the snow
I've put all you stuff in that great shoebox you use to keep memories in
buried it under the house, I found your old lighter in the ruin
I remember the best things you taught me
Though some of the bad stuff is gone
still have some books left to finish
Every christmas there was a new one
I have no regrets; I have paid all bmy debts
I just hope I did not wait too long
You gave me more than you could give
and left me alone with your song
You gave me more than you could give
[Originally by Manowar]
Full moon's light is calling me
My kingdom lies within
The mystic soul and lion's heart
Brought by the talisman
The ecstasy of battle takes me
Where the falcons fly
Immortal youth was granted me
I will never die
[Chorus]
Born of black wind, fire & steel
Born of black wind, fire & steel
Born to teach them all to heal
Born of black wind, fire & steel
Pounded by the hammers
Of the giants of the world
I can see in darkness
I'm the overlord
Single combat I await
My shadow brings them fear
The spikes upon my chariot
Will grind them when they're near
[Chorus]
In my head, in my head, zombie, zombie
In my head, in my head, zombie, zombie
I am an outcast
On the path of no return
Punisher and swordsman
I was born to burn
Black wind always follows
Where my black horse rides
Fire's in my soul
Steel is on my side
Youth went by on our backs, morals intact, we were never ganna crack
Spread-eagled, but never once looking back
When we were young we were chasing the sun
Always busy in our quest for fun, but now the race is run
The sun has gone black
and we're chasing the moon like moths to a flame
Now that your goal's obscured, where d'you aim?
Running without vision in all the wrong directions
Hitting wall after wall, then turn and run
The tortoise and the hare, now who'll care for you
[chorus]:
You were the one who would fall (2x)
Times have changed, your debt remains
Your back's against the wall
You were the one who would fall,
Taking a short cut home
Sometimes we talked about that other world you tried so hard to see
But you never saw the ocean behind all them christmas trees
Running without vision in all the wrong directions
Hitting wall after wall, then turn and run
You were the one to lose the race,
You were the one to fall from grace [x2]
This is a story about a man
A short story about the violence in his hand
On automatic trigger
He ain't used to taking shit
So no one's giving it
And his ego's getting bigger
He's scarred by his own civil war
Hate â he hurts the ones he hates
He hurts the ones he loves and don't care for
The reaper sleeps on his floor
Violence, violence in his hand
As a child he slept on rainy roofs
Safe from his father's cloven hooves
And his mother's eyes of fire
They never figured out what it all meant
The fear of descent
So, rising from the pyre and the smoke
Redeemingly soaked by the rain
To wash away the pain
To loosen up the strain upon his mind
He still keeps it inside
it's several months now since we mentioned love
a play in a down-beat groove that we can't get out of
don't know if we're hunters or collectors, you and i
used to be mad about you
now it's more like Spy vs. Spy
but who would i spy on if you die
i can't tell what makes me stay
what it is that's keeping me here
and i can't say what drives me away
away from you
and i can't say who i'll be lying to today
and i can't tell if i trust myself
not looking for adventure, but i'm sick of security
guess that's the cul-de-sac of immature maurity
i've made my choices and i'm following through
but i keep hearing voices
and none of them belong to you
i don't know what to do
i can't tell what makes me stay
what it is that's keeping me here
and i can't say what drives me away
away from you
and i can't say who i'll be lying to today
and i can't tell if i trust myself
i can't tell what makes me stay
make me stay, make me stay
make me stay, make me stay
Never thought bout
whatwould happen tomorrow
Always thought you and I
would be ok
But now you've gone insane
And thrown it all away
For me and you
You don't know what you've got
till it spits you in the face
Figured I'd be right here
and you'd always stay
But now you've gone insane
And thrown it down the drain
For me and you
It doesn't smell
it doesn't smell
quiet twilight side street, Amsterdam
suddenly a lonesome engine drone
the boys with the blue lights want out in the red
they long to hear the sirens turn them on
undercover
with their truncheons of steel
they wanna cop a feel
they fuck the order
fuck the law
with their facist retribution
fuck the order
fuck the law
and their facist retribution
fucking pigs
cruising for a bruising of the pain
handcuffed to the strong arm of the law
but there's no need to be alarmed
the tinted windows kepp them from
the grieving's bodily harm
when the guns are fired and the smoke has blown
all the rockers will have to roll home
and hopefully the heat won't be so hot
as to get out and get another shot
Once upon a time
he saw this man on the street
with mud on his feet
and asked him what he sold
He said :
" I bring three magic beans
from far far away
They're the last ones
that I've got
If you plant them in a pot
a stalk will grow
Within the next couple of days
all that you have to do
is make sure that
it doesn't grow wild
along with you "
But was no holding back
It grew into the sky
for some considerable time
Higher and higher
Untill he couldn't see the ground
Higher and higher
Never looked down
He left his property behind
All he cared about
was to climb
his magic beanstalk friend
He'll climb it to the end
Summer is here, the ocean is clear, I got some beer and I'm out on the pier
Stars look down on Sleepy Town, distant shimmering of a faint sundown
Silent Heart will refuse to pound, what would I need to turn around?
Someday, sometime, I will return
I turned my back long ago, discontent with what I did know
Stale water from melting snow, someday, sometime, I'll come around
Turn me around, I wanna turn myself around just to get back
Turn time around, I wanna turn my time around to get back
to the start
... a new false start, an open vein for Silent Heart
Paint that sky with clouds and birds, still that sound that can be heard
Someday, sometime, I will return
I turned my back to Sleepy Town not to drown in the seaweed night
Now I hear the same sad sound in the pulse of the city lights
Someday, sometime, I'll come around [repeat chorus]
Wake up at noon, get a few brews, meet with the lads and go to the beach
Long after dark, fly to my girl, those were the days, so out of reach
I'm bored ... I don't know what to do ... I'm bored ... I don't have any money
I don't have a girlfriend ... and no boyfriend either, by the way
Gee, wouldn't that be fun? ... But I'm just so scared that I'm boring
But if I start a rock'n'roll band
I'll have something to do with my boredom
I might even find something beautiful in here [x2]
But I'm bored easily and you know you can't play all the time
That's boring, that's life
and I am getting bored with words, especially the ones that rhyme; life don't
and I'm tired of playing the same chord cycle over and over again
It's the umpteenth time ... but I don't like jazz
Maybe I was better of before, just sitting on my ass ... boring
But if I start a punk rock band I'll find a way out of my boredom
I think I'll find something beautiful there if I start a punk rock band
I won't ever have to rhyme again, I'll sing and play and do whatever I like
The only problem is I'm just so boring
I wanna live in outer space
I'm a sample of human waste
Nothing ever goes my way
But that's the way I wanna stay
I've got coppers on my tail
Monsters in my head
Mommy's on the phone
I'd been down on my luck for so long
I figured it was time for a change
I shot Bones in cold blood
Had his face rearranged
I took a knife, it was cold and hard
And laid him all under my backyard
And no one but me and my dog
Knows where the pieces are
I shot Ray Bones, I shot Ray Barboni
I shot Ray Bones
I guess that I shouldn't have done it on my own
The other day the cops came round
Asked what I'd been doing down south
It went OK till Buster came in
[Originally by Yardbirds]
Sick at heart and lonely,
deep in dark despair.
Thinking one thought only
where is she tell me where.
And if she says to you
she don't love me
just give her my message
tell her of my plea
And I know if she had me back again
well I would never make her sad.
I've gotta heart full of soul.
She's been gone such a long time
longer than I can bear
but if she says she wants me
tell her that I'll be there
And if she says to you
she don't love me
just give her my message
you make me feel unreal
you're hallucinatory
i'm insatiable
you make me nauseous and hot
you're inflammatory
i'm inflammable
i don't want another love match
but you gave me an itch i can't scratch
you make me believe i can fly from the 11th storey
so tell me, can i call this love?
or call it ecstasy?
what's happening to me?
stir up my blood
fuck reality
render me xstatic
teach me how to see by giving me shades
help me reverse the laws of gravity
render me xstatic
help me change my mind
and cut off any braids
cut off my braids
release me
increase me
xstatic
little hands beat as hard as my heart
except when i miss you
and i'm down and out
over and over i hit the floor
wishing to kiss you
it's the same old pout
you got me hooked from the start
and you tore right into my heart
now i'm free to do what i want
There are times when I look in the mirror
And I like what I see
I know I'm ugly but I can't help it
That I think I'm beautiful - I'm irrational
Chorus
World on a wall
What do you see behind the mirror
World on a wall
A world on a wall
World on a wall
Tell me you're not seeing a world on a wall
Fine by me if you find yourself attractive
Just don't put that hideous down
What do you gain by causing other people pain
Making them frown â it sure smells brown
A well-fashioned product
Don't necessarily work for everyone
There are wonderful monstrosities
And beautiful jerks â who has won the race
Drop out or fall on your face
Find your own space
Chorus
Find a space of your own
i've clipped the fins right off my goldfish new
he'll be better off at the bottom of the bowl
down in this hole
as earthbound as the bird inside your cage
or the dolls of wax inside my soul
i am the mole
you scorch my skin with the wax off your wings
how much longer? how much longer?
how high can you fly before....?
Excelsior!
two sides of a sore
two sides of a sore
standing in the shower trying to scrub off all the dirt
but it's no use to wipe my ass or scrub until it hurts
it makes it worse
cause in the outside world the shit still sticks
no matter if you're getting kicked or getting your kicks
the shit still sticks
you scorch my skin with the wax off your wings
how much longer? how much longer?
how high can you fly before....?
Excelsior!
two sides of a sore
two sides of a sore
we're different sides of the same sore
we're different sides of the same sore
we're different sides of the same sore
Yesterday, Nostradamus gave me a call
To remind me of the writings on the wall
I know we live in troubled times, he said he'd read the signs long ago
WW III seems to be well on its way despite that Y2K shit, such a cliche
We're smoking down a busy track, having too much fun to turn back
That was the fad, punk's unfashionable again
We're still as bad and we still enjoy playing and singing our stupid songs
Hoping to right our wrongs, we've been in the business way too long
What we got is songs, each other, time and motivation x2
To stay on and on and on, on and on and on the loosing end of punk
In '91, all our heavy metal covers were gone
In '94, Hullabaloo (our first cd) came out and we still sounded sore
In '97, we went on our fifth unpacked European tour
This night came fast
Thought it never would
Thought you'de be the last
I could cling to when things got hard
In true or false need
Tonight I have a fire
That I want you to feed
The more I drink
The more I burn
The waste of nuclear waste
We know but never learn
And your lips are bitter sweet
Like yesterday's wine
But I'm 1.000 miles behind
My fire
is licking you now
Will you put out or let it glow
Salt 'round the rim
I'll fill you to the brim
Fill you 'till you're as empty as me
I'll take you down
I'll bring you down
Untill we feel
We're lost and found
And at dawn when we awake
our illusions start to break
And the flame has turned to ash
We're not lovers
Hardly friends
Thrown out
This endeavour ends
We're yesterdays trash
It's coming down from above the clouds
Bared fangs and howling aloud
It's a carnivore â kill the lights
The dragon bites
Yeah, finally unleashed
The black beast came from the east
It's the last time the sky is bright
The dragon bites
Stand up and unite until tomorrow
Now it's time to fight
By hatchet, halberd or by arrow
Against the dragon's bite
Make it fly home
Stand up and unite until tomorrow
Steel is rain is coming
and the lights are all shut out on the minigolf course
and I've yet to wipe the wine off my floors
The hammack's racking in 3/4 time
and all the birds have south and I am left behind
I'm hungring
But the flesh of my song is rotten
and I think I'm losing sight
My old friends have turned to stone
In the corners of my eye
My folks walked off alone
In the corner of my eye
You begin to wear me out, I feel like crossbones to you skull
Your stupidity blinds me, your so-called brilliance is so dull
You're living life by proxy as your mind contracts
Too 2dimensional for backgrounds, too scared to see the life of facts
You callect emotions like the stamps of your youth
Then pass out in the gutter with your gin and Vermouth
You lie with the windfalls although you're unripe
Saying: "Idon't care about the green " You know you ain't
got the guts, "maaan" But you pretend to have the spleen
While playing memory with your feelings
and hide-and-seek with your thoughts
Accusing others of sell-out, saying you can't be bought
While i nreality, you ain't got nothing to sell
Your Chines fawcet's open, but there's nothing in the well
You're a tabula rasa, you're an empty page [x2]
You get through life like you get through a book
Been there, done that, Mr Jones?
The last chapter has ended, still you're as blank a page
Now the summer has come
and it's time to catch the sun
let's go down to the beach
for some supersurfin' fun
Semi-saltstained hooters
as far as I can see
See-row after see-row
just waiting there for me
It's hot as hell
and it ain't a bad place to be
It's just supersurfin'fun
plenty of good times for everyone
supersurfin' fun
The sand is warm and grand
and the ocean's bright and blue
we're boppin' to the hard-ons
what am I supposed to do ?
Our friends are out surfin'
on waves that make 'em soar
while I'm in Annie's drawers
as we're stuck here on the shore
and I sincerely hope
they'll never surf-bored
'cause I'm having supersurfin' fun
I wish this summer wouldn't end
But it's no use to pretend
soon the autumn's close at hand
but as long as we can
Opposition
Tradition
Never trust a politician
It's been sung a million times before
And here's one more
Modern democracy is a smoking screen
Mass dictatorship
Join the sinking ship
Do you remember that calm summer night
When we held each other tight
and let it all pass by ?
There really was such a time
Before the static lice
Infested our eyes
We'll never win
I look around
So many girls, so little time
but time's the last thing on my mind
and I see that the sun still shines
I hear the sound
of punk in your car radio
of the ramones "glad to see you go"
and then I fall in love with you
[Chorus:]
boppin' to the beat - son of a beach
everybody's in heat - son of a beach
sand beneath my feet - son of a beach
boppin' to the beat - son of a beach
By the sea
you're lying next to me
drinkin' beer and feelin' free
I love it when you're strokin' me
I used to be
the worrying kinda guy
Never know what to do
with my life
What do I really want to be ?
And would I get
a silly pretty little wife ?
But since I met you
I feel free
[Chorus:]
'cause I know you
you know me
Together we can have fun
There's no need for sorrow
There's always tomorrow
for a boy and a girl
living in a simple world
Now I don't have to worry
not anymore
As long as I'm with you
I feel fine, just fine
You're all I think of
All of the time
To hold you in my arms
And call you mine
What's a sweatheart like you doin'
in crummy dumps like those ?
Why do you do the things you do ?
sp-sp-sp spasm, baby
ravin' comatose
Why do you do the things you do ?
You slam to a different hardcore
stoned to the bone
Why do you do the things you do ?
It makes me miss the ol' bee gees,
sly & the family stone
Why do you do the things you do ?
Come on everybody
Shake your booty
on the dance floor
all night long
in the mean time
while they live below their means
in the crooked mansion on the hill
the deal goes down
a new raw deal from the deck of the overripe
they're reaping what you sow
Let go!
know your foe
don't let the wicked get no rest
level your scythe at the crest
choose your side and reap what you have sown
take your side and reap what you have sown
chooseyour side and reap what you have sown
Cliff Barnes
where would you have been
if j.r. wouldn't have been there
with his dollar grin ?
What would you be doing ?
Would you be screwing a wing ?
[Chorus:]
Mr president
save our human rights
Mr president
save us from the night
Digger Barnes
that's his old man
He once dated miss Ellie
but he lost again
that's where it all began
But Cliff, you're still my captain
captain my captain
You're so right, it's true, what being free can do to you
It's such a hit ... yes, Miss, you're right, nothing's quite like this
You make me listen hard, I sit and stare
But even Godot knows this nowhere
and on a dull/dole day I can see forever ... here I go again
Keep me on line 'cause I'm falling apart (start it up)
How nice ... so this is my life:
Big plate of air with nothing on the side
Anonther day of Q&A; (queue'n'nay)
How'm I spose to keep to keep my mind at bay?
I heard them say "We'll put you life on the lin, boy" parBut
they forgot to put the line on the lifebuoy
and I don't git it for the life of me, I'm drowning in the redundancy
i'm so tired of people's problems, said Claudia to Jean
i'm gonna move if it don't change soon
this negatiity is killing the scene
and if it's all but falling apart before our eyes
and it's far too late to change the rumours and lies
all the lies
we both know what's said and done
and how long it's been since it was real fun
will you promise not to talk about me when i'm gone
It's never been my intention
to purposely shun none of
the people around me
but now I've finally realized
I'm all on my own
I've always had the opinion
that if I can live with myself
somebody else can do as well
But now I'm my room
and I don't feel at home
When I'm in a crowd
how come I feel so alone ?
Every place feels like home
where I'm alone
I've got no peace of mind
I've got no peace of mind
The bigger the population
the fewer you can see
You really know
It's an obvious paradox
or at least it should
I've lost most of my visions
but sometimes before I go to sleep
I swear I see eternity
And it doesn't scare me
though I wish it would
I've got no peace of mind
From the tantrum of teapots & coffee spoons
To the sigh when you turn out your bed light
From the wound in the side to the day a loved one dies
You know there is nothing you can do to make it right
so you don't call - as you fall
with closed eyes - further behind
And it responds, in a way, to the things that you say
at the dying of the day
(don't take your life for granted)
[Chorus:]
Open up and lift those pennies from my eyes
I'm on the rebound, the same as you
Open up from your traditional disguise
I'm on the rebound, the same as you
From the badly chosen path to the tears when you laugh
From your yesterdays to all of your tomorrows
From the chains that you strap 'round yourself by the stone
To the song in a moment of sorrow
you take heed - from what you need
and blame it all - on tradition
It responds, in a way, to the things that you say
at the dying of the day
[Chorus]
I'm on the rebound,
Steam
Rising up
through the cracks in the curb
As if this whole town was ready to blow
And the one thing I know
is that I can't hold it back
But tomorrow
a new sun will rise
to wipe the sand
off my eyes
Leaving me
Earthbound
Nothing is planned
Ain't it hard to understand
that nothing is planned ?
Nothing is planned
The future has happened
though no one planned it
We don't know where to blow
The future has happened
It's a newer present
It was up to you
It was up to Dew
On the lawn
Where my girlfriend used to sit
Where she sang for me
not long ago
And the one thing I know
is that I can't take her back
But maybe one day
she'll come clean
and wipe the dust
out of my dreams
they're lying on Sesame street
she's watching the moon shine
like a razor in the corner of her eye
as if from afar
as she tears down the last star
and thinks of what mommy says
about boys and broken promises
but he doesn't have that propensity
he's full of passionate intensity
he's full of himself and so is she
open sesame
the gyre is complete
the centre cannot hold
things fall apart
to dirt what was gold
nightmare on Sesame street
the gyre is complete
the centre cannot hold
things fall apart
to dirt what was gold
nightmare on Sesame street
who's dragging his feet
slouching toward Bethlehem to be born
the man in the moon bares his fangs
polishing his horn for the final burst
who's dragging his feet
slouching to Bethlehem to be born
he's as red as a sheet
she's as white as meat
open sesame
the gyre is complete
the centre cannot hold
things fall apart
to dirt what was gold
nightmare on Sesame street
the gyre is complete
the centre cannot hold
things fall apart
to dirt what was gold
nightmare on Sesame street
she's a big bird now
There's this guy I know
He's been to some of our local shows
In bloody clothes
He's a psycho
He's got this whim:
wants us to write a song about him
And simsalabim this is it
[Chorus:]
Mikey
Do it one more time for me
Did they know when your head
hit the cement, Mikey ?
Wowee
Do it one more time for me
Did they know how it set you free ?
Will they ever let you be ?
There he was
a normal guy
just like you and me
but when the music started
he turned out to be a psycho
He lives down the coast
and this guy wouldn't boast
But he's worth a toast
And a whole lot more
He's a mystery to me
But I wish I could be
like Mikey
Mike's a stagediver
I know it's true
I've seen him black and blue
sitting in an ambulance
He was so proud
so proud
Some say love is a flower
and I guess they know what's right
'cause it has its seasons
and it fades without light
if it has a beginning
it'll surely have an end
the weather moves in circles
and we're all dust in the wind
we don't know which way to blow
Love is a battlefield of wounded hearts
It ain't so bad
bein' alone
if you know it'll never last
nothing lasts forever
'cept the certainly of change
and love's the same
It's a game with simple rules
If you think it's forever
then you're nothing but a fool
take this from a fool who knows it
Oh no
there's something wrong
with little Billie John
Nowadays I can't seem to
ding-a-long-ling-long
my ding-a-long-ling-long
What's going on ?
[Chorus:]
aye-aye-aye oh
I can't take it no more
I can't make it no more
oh no
I've asked him
time and time and time again
tell me the reason
as to why you can't
stand by your man
I offer you my hand
my right hand
[Chorus]
oh no
little Billie John
is starting to fade away
I gotta take him
to the doc one day
I gotta pay to play
why me?
Every night
I watch the late show
And you know
my only dream
is to be there on the screen
I'd chat a bit with Dave
he'd listen to what I'd say
and read my name
from a hidden frame
And pretend that he knows me
He'd say I look
like million bucks
Through he doesn't give a fuck
about who I am
About what I'm saying
or what he thinks of me
I just want to be
on international TV
So a lot of people I don't know
can't see me
I wish to God
I was on Dave Letterman
I wish to God
And you can't blame me
I wish to God
I was on Dave Letterman
He's the most powerfull
and comical man
on american TV, D
Television rules
the world we know
And Letterman
sits at the throne
till the break of Dave
when the late late show
Masochistic at night and omnipotent by day
the tyrannical child king of a neutral country
whose arsenal only serves to palliate
the brigades who stand firm by a frontier of glass
whose court ball consists of threefold blindfold
dewlap dancers who rave by their sacrificial strass
all contributions gratefully retrieved
they don't have to be seen to be believed
the walls of this palace are paper thin
get close enough to write and you'll listen in
but there's bugs on the walls
planted from within
king of the world
suicidal god of his own microcosmos
where all black holes are filled
and no bangs are big
'cept the one that brought him there
that pushes him away
king of the world of ideas
it all goes by so fast
nothing that slips past
and if it does slow down
stars would gather 'round and vaporise the ground
his body will be noise
There's something going
in the air tonight
and we all know why it is
kids are boppin' around
we're all feeling allright
and we all know why it is
what's the use in stayin'
at the status quo ?
dare to go !
[Chorus:]
Something's flying in the air tonight
something all the kids wanna do
go stagedivin' in the air tonight
dare to go !
I know some bigshots who complain
about the kids who dive
and I don't know why they do it
feel free to dive when we're playin' live
can't see no reason not to do it
what's the use in fighting
in the front now ?
dare to go !
[Chorus]
don't mind your face when you're in the boppin' race
jump off the stage
like a kangaroo in a rage !
What about the times that you ditched me?
What about your constant missing out, not being there?
You always overwhelmed me with your passion, with your glow
But it ended up a tragedy
Look at us now and you'll see we're just the same, just the same
Our bittersweet, sweet symphony sounds just the same, just the same
Cut me off, I'll cut you off, let's kill all that is left, let's start today!
You keep looking back, you dig in the remains
But there's nothing left but an open enfected sore
You still try to reach my hand, but it makes no difference
If I'll pull you up, you'll run away again
