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One of my top 10 favorite albums of all time. This is an absolutely incredible slow burner that further latches on to your brain with each listen. I don't ow...
Year: 2001 Tracks: 1. Let's Explode 0:00 2. Long Lost Twin 4:08 3. Ice Cube 7:40 4. Chinese Baby 9:52 5. Don't Be Afraid of Your Anger 13:26 6. Evil vs. Good 16:46 7. Moment in the Sun 20:38 8. The Curse of Great Beauty 26:08 9. Joan Jett Of Arc 28:32 10. The Junky Jews 32:28 11. Ancient Chinese Secret Blues 36:48 12. The Ballad Of Unzer Charlie 42:28 13. No One's More Happy Than You 44:24 http://clemsnide.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Clem-Snide/302825192452 https://twitter.com/eefbarzelay http://eefbarzelay-clemsnide.bandcamp.com
aired January 4, 2002.
An edited video of the AV Undercover rendition of Journey's "Faithfully"
Clem Snide frontman (and only constant member) Eef Barzelay has made other artists' songs his own many times before, from Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful" to Hank Williams' "Lost On The River" to The Velvet Underground's "I'll Be Your Mirror." When we told Ben Folds that Barzelay would be shooting an Undercover, he said something like, "I can listen to that guy sing anything, all day." When he chose Journey's 1983 power ballad "Faithfully" for Undercover, we were delighted. When he told us it'd be performed in solo-ukulele form, that delight was doubled. It helps that the slightly cheesy lyric is something that Barzelay can relate to--missing your family while out on the road. Here's an amazing line from Wikipedia about Journey's original video: "Steve Perry can be seen shaving his short-lived but talked-about moustache in the video." Don't bail on this video, either: There's a surprise at the end that's even better than moustache-shaving. Clem Snide's latest album is The Meat Of Life.
Artist: Clem Snide Album: Fan Chosen Covers 2 Year: 2013 Track #: 9 http://clemsnide.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Clem-Snide/302825192452 https://twitt...
Eef Barzelay may be the most underrated songwriter in the business today, with a sneakily firm grasp on poignancy and humor, and his live performances convey...
Artist: Clem Snide Album: We Leave Only Ashes Year: 2013 Track #: 1 http://clemsnide.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Clem-Snide/302825192452 https://twitt...
Moment in the Sun, by Clem Snide. High Quality Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkmb1O9va4w&fmt;=18.
Clem Snide - I Love the Unknown - Music Video from Rocket Science H264.
Clem Snide - Beautiful(live) directed by John Giura. Discography available at Fargo Store: http://www.fargostore.com/mod/p_recherche.php?recherche=clem&go.x;=...
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Artist: Clem Snide Album: Soft Spot Year: 2003 Track #: 6 http://clemsnide.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Clem-Snide/302825192452 https://twitter.com/eef...
Artist: Clem Snide Album: Hungry Bird Year: 2009 Track #: 10 http://clemsnide.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Clem-Snide/302825192452 https://twitter.com/...
Just love this song,and I there's only one video about it,so here is Bread by Clem Snide. Such a lovely song!
Artist: Clem Snide Album: The Ghost Of Fashion Year: 2001 Track #: 4 http://clemsnide.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Clem-Snide/302825192452 https://twitter.com/eefbarzelay http://eefbarzelay-clemsnide.bandcamp.com
Artist: Clem Snide Album: A Beautiful EP Year: 2003 Track #: 4 http://clemsnide.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Clem-Snide/302825192452 https://twitter.co...
Music video by Clem Snide performing Jews for Jesus Blues (Live). The Beautiful and Gentle sound of Clem Snide is well known to Indie lovers. Combining vinta...
CAMPUS ROCK / SALA POLITÉCNICA / ALGECIRAS CLEM SNIDE (EEF BARZELAY & PARTIDO) interpretan los álbumes "The Ghost of Fashion" y "Your Favorite Music".VICERRE...
Beautiful cover of the classic Velvet Underground song performed by Eef Barzelay of Clem Snide.
You hear the title track to Clem Snide's 2000 release Your Favorite Music while watching it being pressed on vinyl for the first time ever... ten years later.
Artist: Clem Snide Album: End Of Love Year: 2005 Track #: 8 http://clemsnide.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Clem-Snide/302825192452 https://twitter.com/eefbarzelay http://eefbarzelay-clemsnide.bandcamp.com
lyrics: you'r favorite music well it just makes you sad but you like it cause you feel special that way you feel special that youre like no one else but then...
Collapse-End of love-Clem snide.
... Four loss to Wisconsin, and Andrew Harrison appeared to mutter a snide remark under his breath.
Springfield News-Sun 2015-04-05The Serby 4.0 Mock is the final tuneup for the Serby 5.0 ... No trades in 4.0 ... Clemmings (T, Pittsburgh).
New York Post 2015-04-05(Source: ... 18? ... Clemmings. Clemmings (6'5", 309 pounds) started every game at right tackle last season as a senior at Pittsburgh.
noodls 2015-04-04Cannot fathom a world in which Mariota falls out of the top five." NFL draft experts: ... 27 now ... J. Clemmings: ... 21.
Dayton Daily News 2015-04-04NARRATOR ... � ... ) ... � ... For that snide remark you're going to wander the desert �for forty years, and never get to the Promised Land.
Huffington Post 2015-04-04Lt ... Charelle takes charge during car chatter, detailing her plans for pregnancy and prison, in snide fashion ... Lt.
The Examiner 2015-04-04Here is a list of their interactions, reported by us or others, with certain prospects ... J. Clemmings, OT, Pittsburgh: ... J.
Star Tribune 2015-04-03For Carlton, Clem Smith handled his own debut well, gathering 11 possessions and four marks, for 38 fantasy points.
Canberra Times 2015-04-03... and the spin doctors regurgitate the views of their representatives and add their own snide remarks.
The Guardian 2015-04-03If the suddenly sluggish Blues, having activated substitute - and draftee - Clem Smith in the ...
Canberra Times 2015-04-03Clem reached the 700-win plateau on April 18, 2013, and made it to 800 less than two years later.
noodls 2015-04-02For this project Dr Latham was awarded the Australian Institute of Architects Clem Cummins Medal for ...
noodls 2015-04-02using the deceased of such an atrocity for such a totally inappropriate and cheap political snide is ...
The Examiner 2015-04-02I had a girl
Donna was her name
Since she left me
I've never been the same
'cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be? Where can you be?
Now that you're gone
I'm left all alone
All by myself
To wander and roam
'cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be? Where can you be?
Well, darlin', now that you're gone
I don't know what I'll do
All the time and all my love for yo-ou-ou
I had a girl
Donna was her name
Since she left me
I've never been the same
'cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be? Where can you be?
Oh, Donna, Oh, Donna
I was searching for something I could not describe
So I stared at the sun till the tears filled my eyes
Well, I thought I was empty so I paid the cost
But now that I'm found I miss being lost
Well, I opened my heart and I let Jesus in
With the promise that I would be free of my sins
But I only felt guilty that He died on the cross
Now that I'm found I miss being lost
Now that I'm found I miss being lost
Well, I don't wanna suffer and I don't wanna die
I want the clouds parted in endless, blue sky
But someone up there has a different plan
Now that I'm saved, I wish I was damned
Now that I'm saved, I wish I was damned
Now that I'm saved, I wish I was damned
That Nick Drake tape you love
Tonight it sounds so good
As brown as leaves can get
When sleep is what you should
So close your eyes
I'll make room
Here on the floor
To lay beside me
And that phone call was for you
I think it was your dad
With a birthday wish to curse
But you're too tired to get mad
So close your eyes
I'll make room
Here on the floor
To lay beside me
And the words are not so clear
But there's romance in the air
I can see it in your eyes
That medicated stare
We'll close our eyes
Our own tomb
Here in my bed
To lay so long
That Nick Drake tape you love
Tonight it sounds so good
As brown as leaves can get
Denise, promise me you'll come around
For you, you decide to spread
Your wings, spread your wings and leave this town
Denise, there's something you should know
I hid the bottle in the woods
To mark the spot where I first realized
That what we have is more than good
And seems to shine a light behind my eyes
Denise, if only just to hear the sound
Of you breathing in my ear
I swear I'd let them put me in the ground
Denise, I will not be ignored
I hid the bongs behind the shed
To mark the spot where I first saw clear
Where what we have will never die
A true seduction? s what it is
The parts are neither hers nor his
I would prefer you don? t remove your gloves
The instruments shaped like a pear
The inside lined with rabbit hair
And if you squint your eyes it seems to fit
Fill me with your light
I will not make a sound
Always throw the fight
And take it lying down
If you wear the mermaid? s suit
There? ll be no sliding down your chute
My sailors left to flounder in your wake
See the bubble, it goes pop
A false start, an unlikely stop
I? m not convinced of anything I say
Fill me with your light
I will not make a sound
Always throw the fight
And take it lying down
? Cause there? s a different kind of dark
The kind that stops the dogs to bark
It never has to wait for setting suns
Inside the egg finds pantyhose
And holds? em right up to your nose
The energy must somehow be absorbed
Fill me with your light
I will not make a sound
Always throw the fight
And take it lying down
Fill me with your light
I will not make a sound
Always throw the fight
And take it lying down
And take it lying down
And take it lying down
And take it lying down
And take it lying down
Tiny European cars
Are dropping from the sky
They're wonderfully efficient
Engines fueled by Spanish wine
Maybe just a sip
To help us get a grip
Did you know Isaac Newton
Was a virgin when he died?
A hundred thousand naked woman
Running on the beach
In such a state of wild abandon
They ignore my speech
About the ebb and flow
A dangerous undertow
And how there is a hole so deep
It swallows up the sun
Oh, the smoke seems sweet to me
Must be a perfume factory
Just one of many ancient travesties
We're all descendants of the pharisees
Tiny European cars
Are bouncing off my shins
And if you've never seen a bull fight
Guess who always wins
To grab it by the horns
This life like censored porn
Did you know they sing
Ring around the Rosie when you die?
Did you know they sing
There is nothing in the world
I wouldn't do for you
'Cause there is nothing in this world
If I can't share my love with you
So many people in the world
They don't realize
So many people in this world
With troubled thoughts and angry eyes
All the riches of this world
Can't compare to your smile
And if only for a kiss
I would walk a thousand miles
There is nothing in the world
I wouldn't do for you
'Cause there is nothing in this world
Give back what you took from me
You whispered in your sleep
And who but me would write it down
So now its mine to keep
If you call me, I'll be there
And man, I'll get there, fast
With tender words I've memorized
About how nothing lasts
La, la, la, la
Laa, laa, laa, laa
Laa, laa, laa, laa, laa
When you feel me drift away
And that we've grown apart
And I'll dedicate this song to you
And sing with all my heart
And sing with all my heart
And sing with all my heart
And sing with all my heart
Don't let the sun go down on your grievances
Respect love of the heart over lust of the flesh
Do yourself a favor: become your own savior
And don't let the sun go down on your grievances
And when you wake up in the morning
You'll have a brand new feeling
And you'll find yourself healing
So don't let the sun go down on your grievances
And yet if you find yourself in the dark
And you're left holding the bag
Then take care of it right away
And don't let the sun go down on your grievances again
Sometimes you might want to give up
But keep that chin up
Cause you're gonna find
You're gonna find
Sometimes you might be alone
But don't feel lonely
'Cause you're gonna find
You're gonna find
So don't let the sun go down on your grievances
Start each day with a clean slate
You'll feel better if you can shake off all that hate
And don't forget to forgive and forget
And don't let the sun go down on your grievances
Don't let the sun go down on your grievances
Everybody!
Respect love of the heart over lust of the flesh
Sing it!
Do yourself a favor: Become your own savior
your tooth ache, an ivory tower
so let down your long perfect legs
I'll untie the knots with my lips and my tongue
and rub Ambisol into your hair
'cause those paper cuts kept you from writing
a poem so epic and true
about how you are cursed with a beauty so great
I'm sure that it's hard being you
so put down that book it's too serious
I'll undress you as I make a joke
but please try not to laugh as I swim in your flesh
Never have I been made
To feel less doubtful
And never have I been made
Less cynical
'Cause I haven't been too brave
I'm mostly frightened
But I never thought that there
Would come a day
Well I hope that your song's
Not the boys of summer
Just because you were both born on that day
And half-Jewish boys
Make kickass drummers
But if you need lessons
I'll have to play
And I hope that your friends
Are true and funny
And your girlfriends are sweet
And wear tight pants
And after your heart is gently broken
I hope that you get
A second chance
Just let some air in
Just turn on some lights
Just make some room inside
Never have I been made
To feel less heavy
Never have I been made
Less cynical
'Cause I haven't been too kind
And I'm forgiven
But I never thought that there
Denise, promise me you'll come around
For you, you decide to spread
Your wings, spread your wings and leave this town
Denise, there's something you should know
I hid the bottle in the woods
To mark the spot where I first realized
That what we have is more than good
And seems to shine a light behind my eyes
Denise, if only just to hear the sound
Of you breathing in my ear
I swear I'd let them put me in the ground
Denise, I will not be ignored
I hid the bongs behind the shed
To mark the spot where I first saw clear
Where what we have will never die
And everybody else can disappear
from the corner of my eye
the chinese baby cries for you
it sounds like boo-hoo
so rub my stomach for good luck
to pass that driving test
it's hard I know that green means go
your boyfriends calling you
to tell you that your through
with love and all the stars above
your head well it seems to weigh you down
and it's decorated with a frown
from the corner of my eye
the chinese baby cries for you
why did you say that
why'd you open your mouth
this isn't the time or the place
for my love's disgrace
how could you say that
you just opened your mouth
now I haven't the courage to stay
calgon take me away ...
I'm feeling like the ice cube in your glass melting away
I could close my eyes and go to sleep right here in the ashtray
does anybody ever got what they want
what do you mean when you talk about love, love
I could make the bed when we awake with a hammer and a nail
or make a sandwish of us both but the bread is too stale
does anybody ever got what they want
what do you mean when you talk about love, love, love
I'm feeling like the ice cube in your mouth melting away
I don't want to leave, unless of course, you ask me to stay
does anybody ever got what they want
what do you mean when you talk about
what do you mean when you talk about
what do you mean when you talk about love
I'm feeling like the ice cube in your glass melting away
I could close my eyes and go to sleep right here in the ashtray
does anybody ever got what they want
what do you mean when you talk about love, love
I could make the bed when we awake with a hammer and a nail
or make a sandwish of us both but the bread is too stale
does anybody ever got what they want
what do you mean when you talk about love, love, love
I'm feeling like the ice cube in your mouth melting away
I don't want to leave, unless of course, you ask me to stay
does anybody ever got what they want
what do you mean when you talk about
what do you mean when you talk about
Lip synch me a melody so sweet and clear
Now the words like a feather in my ear
The thing I won't conceive
Is real for you and me
The place no one can go
We'll put on quite a show
Blow a ring of smoke make it dance above my head
In this hall of mirrors we could put the bed
The thing no one can see
Is real for you and me
And the place no one can go
We'll put on quite a show
Use your slight of hand make the sorrow disappear
I will swallow swords for you I have no fear
The thing no one can see
Is real for you and me
And the place no one can go
Highway run into the midnight sun
Wheels go round and round
You're on my mind
Restless hearts sleep alone tonight
Sending all my love along the wire
They say that the road
Ain't no place to start a family
Right down the line it's been you and me
And loving a music man
Ain't always what it's supposed to be.
Oh girl, you stand by me
I'm forever yours
Faithfully.
Circus life under the big top world
We all need the clowns to make us smile
Through space and time
Always another show
Wondering where I am lost without you
And being apart ain't easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you.
Oh girl, you stand by me
I'm forever yours
Faithfully.
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh.
Faithfully
I'm still yours
I'm forever yours
Ever yours
How's my Sweet Mother Russia?
Dissolving, I take it
Like sugar and apple juice swallowed
I'm learning your language
And I promise I'll write
But of weather what is there to speak of?
The clouds were all cotton
And my mouth got so dry
From those little red pills that you gave me
With your pretty face lost
In a sea of bad haircuts
And cherry pie lipstick insisting
And how's that Deep Purple record
I hummed in your ear?
Like a fight song whispered through pillows
And here's more cups of coffee
To trick your hard stomach
And my warm hands to keep it from turning
How's my Sweet Mother Russia
Did you know sharks never sleep?
Busy bending their spines to receive you
And this longing for pleasure
Is all in your head
Loneliness finds her own way
'Cause her skin is so soft
I'm cutting my teeth on her shoulders
And cracking my knuckles while holding her hand
Loneliness finds her own way
When the bridges are out
Under construction forever
Changing her form she fits like my clothes
And trying to kiss her I bloody my nose
Loneliness finds her own way
Through parking lot
Cities with a coal miner's sense
And I know her love is not worth it
As the thing to try to impress
As the thing to try to undress
Loneliness finds her own way
For her I won't be afraid
I'm holding on to her picture
'Cause her good looks have
Faded from all those parades
'Cause her good looks have
Faded from all those parades
Good looks have faded
From all those parades
Good looks have faded
Good looks have faded
Throw me in the water
'Cause you know that I could never swim
I'll think of you as I go down
And you put yourself in order
'Cause you know that I could never count
As high as you my nose would bleed
And your heart is like a stone
Your flesh has turned to mold
Don't feel bad if hell is not the place you hoped it'll be
And you put aside your dagger
'Cause you know that you might need it soon
To cut me open, feel around inside
And you make like I'm your father
So the blood that spills is all the same
To me and everyone you know
Your heart is like a stone
And your flesh has turned to mold
Don't feel bad if hell is not the place you hoped it'll be
And you say it doesn't matter
'Cause you know from all those books you never read
May the sun always shine on you
And each day feel so bright and new
And may God hold you in the palm of His hand
May the moon always light your way
And love be forever and here to stay
And may God hold you in the palm of His hand
And may God hold you in the palm of His hand
When your time, your time has reached its end
Then may paradise be just around the bend
And If the world should turn it's back to you
And it seems, seems there's nothing left to do
Then may God hold you in the palm of His hand
from the corner of my eye
the chinese baby cries for you
it sounds like boo-hoo
so rub my stomach for good luck
to pass that driving test
it's hard I know that green means go
your boyfriends calling you
to tell you that your through
with love and all the stars above
your head well it seems to weigh you down
and it's decorated with a frown
from the corner of my eye
the chinese baby cries for you
it sound like boo-hoo, boo-hoo, boo-hoo
Do you love me baby,
Do you love me baby,
Do you love me as I love you?
Or do you hate me baby,
Do you hate me baby,
Do you hate me as I hate you?
'Cause I don't want it in-between
I will keep my feelings clean
Will you make me baby,
Will you make me baby,
Will you make me as I make you?
Or will you break me baby,
Will you break me baby,
Will you break me as I break you?
'Cause I don't want it in-between
I will keep my feelings clean
Do you love me baby,
Do you love me baby,
no ones more happy than you
even the sky's feeling blue
and you don't believe, but it's true
no one's more happy than you
a beautiful Hackensack night
two teenagers kiss and hold tight
the satellite swimming above
is sending a message of love
no one's more happier than you
even the sky's feeling blue
you don't believe, but it's true
no one's more happy than you
the Stop N Shop is open all night
with a mothering florescent light
the milk carton pictures a dove
as the intercom crackles with love
no one's more happy than you
the foot's on the other shoe
nobody knows what to do
Pray for the non believer
Pray for the non believer
Pray for the non believer
Pray for the non believer
And praise heart felt, searching fails
To navigate the twisted trails
Pray on him, the golden light not shine
And praise guard dogs, lose the scent
The snakes find shelter in his tent
Pray the puddles reach beyond his knees
Pray for the non believer
Pray for the non believer
Pray for the non believer
Pray for the non believer
And pray the shiny meadow tools
Lay rusting in his swimming pool
Pray the water never wash him clean
Praise [Incomprehensible] long to feel
A strangers hand to break the seal
Pray the bedsheets tied in stubborn knots
Pray for the non believer
Pray for the non believer
Pray for the non believer
Pray for the non believer
Pray for the non believer
Pray for the non believer
Pray the darkness eats his life
Behind, as I lit painted white
Pray the hungry bird consumes his heart
Pray the hungry bird consumes his heart
When somebody loves you
It's no good, it's no good, it's no good
Unless he loves you all the way
When somebody loves you
It's no good, it's no good, it's no good
You make me wanna
Stumble on pillows, skin both my knees
You make me wanna
Put you inside my mouth so I can't say please
You make me wanna
Soak it in gasoline, stain my new shirt
You make me wanna
Sip Lysol from a cup so clean it hurts
You make me wanna break, break
Something beautiful
You make me wanna
Fold the map improperly, locked in a stall
You make me wanna
Not turn the wipers on when rain starts to fall
You make me wanna
Smoke every cigarette that's ever been made
You make me wanna
Make the rules up as I go so no one can play
You make me wanna break, break
Something beautiful
You make me wanna
Drink from the deepest well, build towers of steel
You make me wanna
Cut down a million trees, spin fiery wheels
You make me wanna
Block out the moonlight and turn off the sun
You make me wanna
Fire off my cannon balls, make the natives run
You make me wanna break, break, break, break
There is nothing to be scared of
Love it's only one gray hair
There is love, there is love
Strong enough to doubt
Here's a napkin, dry your eyes
Don't cut onions in your mind
'Cause you have love, you have love
Strong enough to doubt
And you're the flower of my heart
That my thoughts can't tear apart
And we have love and we have love
love is only for the lovely
and such a glamorous thing to waste
wait, I have to fix my makeup, wait
'cause no one likes to see a pretty
face, all sad and twisted up
'cause the beautiful were never meant to suffer
and I'm so beautiful
a peacock died to color my lips
so I died my hair in all their sweat
but now I'm haunted by these visions of me
I don't wanna live forever
when the sky is full of little holes
exploding as they take my picture
let's explode
the dark red shadows deep beneath your skin
tonight I feel like Elvis longing
for his long lost twin
like a pigeon choking on a diamond ring
tonight I feel like Elvis longing
for his long lost twin
the highway is a ribbon
it makes a gift of everything
tonight I feel like Elvis
longing for his long lost twin
the sea of taillights that we all must swim
tonight I feel like Elvis
longing for his long lost twin
clean up the mess that Eve and Adam got us in
'cause tonight I feel like Elvis
longing for his long lost twin
open the gates of heaven and let me in
tonight I feel like Elvis
longing for his long lost twin ...
sometimes I wish I was never born
There?s a made for TV movie
About Lucille Ball tonight
If you really wanna watch it
I guess that?d be alright with me
Well, I heard he used to beat her
Like she was a conga drum
They always slept in separate beds
But somehow they had a son
The neighbors were Vaudevillians
And the laughs came from a can
Even though the club was hoppin?
'Twas the pills that she was poppin? that did her in
Or maybe it was different
You know my facts aren?t always straight
But they would never make a movie
If everything was great
Because happiness is boring
It?s always black and white
The good times never last
And the chocolates move too fast for us all
There?s a made for TV movie
About Lucille Ball tonight
If you really wanna watch it
when it's my moment in the sun
oh, how beautiful I'll be
but in a normal sort of way
like I am you and you are me
'cause I have a lot of things to say
and you'd be wise to listen good
I think that hunger, war and death
are bringin' everybody down
when it's my moment in the sun
I'll share my problems with the world
and psychosomatically I'll sing
to God and all his pretty girls
when it's my moment in the sun
I won't torget that I am blessed
but every hero walks alone
You don't remember me
But I remember you
It was not so long ago
You broke my heart in two
Tears on my pillow
Pain in my heart
Caused by you
If we could start anew
I wouldn't hesitate
I'd gladly take you back
And tempt the hand of fate
Tears on my pillow
Pain in my heart
Caused by you
Love is not a gadget
Love is not a toy
When you find the one you love
She'll fill your heart with joy
You don't remember me
But I remember you
'twas not so long ago
You broke my heart in two
Tears on my pillow
Pain in my heart
Caused by you
Caused by you
Caused by you
Caused by you
Caused by you
Caused by you
Caused by you
Caused by you
she'd fix me a dinner of sunflower seeds
and ready-whipped topping inhalers
and take me down South with Hall and Oats in her mouth
my first love my Joan Jett of Arc
my black heart was heavy
but her mom's Cougar was fast
as little pink houses were whistled
and it was all you can eat at the Sizzler that night
my steak burnin' Joan Jett of Arc
my steak burnin' Joan Jett of Arc
and the shopping malls and roller rinks
all dimmed their lights cicadas
and crickets were silent
and the train tracks
like stitches skidding bicycle tires
as I slipped in my Joan Jett of Arc ...
and the birds that were crushed
once had air in their bones
Tonight we're gonna party
Like it's 1989
Tonight, tonight, tonight
And I guess it's not that funny
But I'll say it anyway
Alright, alright, alright
And the joke is that the stereo
Just ate the mix tape that you made
Alive, alive, alive
And I don't think your friend's coming
'Cause the answering machine's
Turned off, turned off, turned off
And the joke is there's one beer left
So the punchline's all we have left
To drink, to drink, to drink
And you were hoping that maybe a party
Would break the silence of this room
With laughs, with laughs, with laughs
And so tonight we're gonna party
Like it's 1989
Tonight, tonight, tonight
And I know it's not that funny
But I'll say it anyway
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
I dreamt of an ocean blue
Under water me and you
Let's not swim to shore
Just float forever more
We could hide behind the sun
Where no one will upset our fun
Let's take off our shoes
And dance away the blues
Was your sweet kiss just a dream
So real the taste of tangerine
You are my best friend
Forever, now and then
Forever, now and then
You tell me you?re different
You tell me you?re strange
You tell me that there is
Something wrong with your brain
So your mother found God
And your dad likes to drink
But you?re not weird
As you?d like me to think
You painted your sneakers
You talk to yourself
You won?t eat with me
'Cause you care for your health
Well, you wrote me a poem
And it didn?t rhyme
And you?re not as weird
As you act all the time
No, you?re not as weird
As you act all the time
You can tell me you?re different
Tell me you?re strange
You tell me that there is
Something wrong with your brain
So what if your mother found God
And your dad likes to drink
You?re not as weird
As you?d like me to think
No, you?re not as weird
As you'd like me to think
No, you?re not as weird
(Don't look at me)
Every day is so wonderful
And suddenly
It's hard to breathe
Now and then I get insecure
From all the pain
I'm so ashamed
But I am beautiful
No matter what they say
Words can't bring me down
So don't you bring me down today
To all your friends you're delirious
So consumed
In all you're doing
Trying harrd to fill the emptiness
The piece is gone
I left the puzzle undone
I like the way it is
But you are beautiful
In every single way
Words can't bring you down
You are beautiful
No matter what they say
Words can't bring you down
So don't you bring me down today
We are beautiful
No matter what they say
Words can't bring us down
We came with gifts, too beautiful
[Incomprehensible]
With anyone who'd care to look
Look with only open eyes
It's true, our time will come
It's true, our time will come
Long after we die
We put a drop of [Incomprehensible] into
A well and it was hard to tell
That it was not the poison fear
To make their vision [Incomprehensible] clear
It's true, our time will come
It's true, our time will come
Long after we die
It's true, our time will come
It's true, our time will come
Long after we die
Long after we die
We die, we die, we die, we die
We die, we die, we die, we die
We die, we die, we die, we die
We die, we die, we die, we die
Free me from this life
Free me from this life
We'll soon make memories of things to come
Time will pass
Memories of hard times and of fun
Will our love last?
'Cause every moment must make way
For one that's new
But just before it does
Remember I love you
The years are like the clouds up in the sky
They come and go
And everything that lives will someday die
But our love still grows
'Cause every moment must make way
For one that's new
But just before it does
Remember I love you
'Cause every moment must make way
For one that's new
But just before it does
Your favorite music
Well, it just makes you sad
Your favorite music
Well, it just makes you sad
But you like it
'cause you feel special that way
You feel special
That you're like no one else
You feel special
That you're like no one else
But then you're lonely
And you need someone to help
But then you're lonely
And you need someone to help
And I can't teach you
To learn to love yourself
I can't teach you
To learn to love yourself
But here's a sad song
That I wrote for no one else
But here's a sad song
Love can be hard but it was so smart of you
'Cause if you spend too much time
Alone in your mind, you're through
And if the bedroom feels cold
Then we can unfold tonight
And your hand I will kiss
So unclench that fist, it's so tight
You're everything I want to do
'Cause when there's love there's action
You're everything I want to do
'Cause when there's love there's action
Give it away, don't make 'em pay and you're free
And if you're alone, just pick up the phone, it's me
I'll bring nothin' to eat but I can tickle your feet till you smile
Yeah, I know they're closing the store
But let's lay on the floor a while
You're everything I want to do
'Cause when there's love there's action
You're everything I want to do
'Cause when there's love there's action
When there is love
When there is love
When there is love
When there is love
Give me a shove and I'll fall in love, don't wait
'Cause if a civil war buff
Can love a diamond in the ruff, it's great
You're everything I want to do
'Cause when there's love there's action
You're everything I want to do
'Cause when there's love there's action
'Cause when there's love there's action
Prisoners of ourselves
Desperate little elves
We hide inside a tree
And wear a beard of bees
But do you know that when
You're here with me
That's the only time that I feel free
So wrap me in your skin
A holiday of sin
We'll take it when we can
There is no master plan
But do you know that when
You're here with me
That's the only time that I feel free
And everything is true
If we think it through
Or maybe it's a lie
We'll find out when we die
But do you know that when
You're here with me
That's the only time that I feel free
Tell me how you're so in love with me
Tell me that a kiss will set me free
'Cause I'll believe your lies
You sing a song that makes my heart soar
Write a headline that can't be ignored
'Cause I'll believe your lies
I'll believe your lies
And it must be true 'cause everyone agrees
And I'll bow my head and fall down on my knees
And it must be true and don't it feel so right?
Praise the Lord, I think I see the light
'Cause I believe your lies
I'll believe your lies
'Coz you are the bread
And it's never work
And warm, buttered is good
Oh, let's just digest
And the dishes are fine
They're not goin' nowhere
So keep your hands soft
For high fives and shakes
And the bathroom's a mess
Tomorrow we'll clean
And my window won't shut
But the breeze does feel nice
And the stove can be years
To light cigarettes
Oh, let the tablecloth burn
It's pretty that way
'Coz you smell like bread
And now the pillow does too
'Coz everyone left
We melted down the gold
The gold that we found buried in her teeth
For wigs her hair was sold
To drunken soldiers, stumbling down the street
Let us burn the light
And all that's good and right
Inside our hearts
The chemicals that caught
The rainbow colored shapes to fill our eyes
Made powder from her bones
Dissolving it with sugar as prescribed
Let us burn the light
And all that's good and right
Inside our hearts
With victory declared
Gently spread her feathers on the wall
Then dosing in the sleigh
We woke to see the stadium at dawn
Let us burn the light
And all that's good and right
Inside our hearts
We melted down the gold
The gold she wore when she had been a wife
Her secrets then were told
why did you say that
why'd you open your mouth
this isn't the time or the place
for my love's disgrace
how could you say that
you just opened your mouth
now I haven't the courage to stay
Prisoners of ourselves
Desperate little elves
We hide inside a tree
And wear a beard of bees
But do you know that when
You're here with me
That's the only time that I feel free
So wrap me in your skin
A holiday of sin
We'll take it when we can
There is no master plan
But do you know that when
You're here with me
That's the only time that I feel free
And everything is true
If we think it through
Or maybe it's a lie
We'll find out when we die
But do you know that when
You're here with me
Your beautiful African friend
Next to him I look so white
So white that you turned away
And wanted me out of your sight
To be exotic and I did pretend
In the back yard to slowly undress
As you pull the twigs from my hair
That I'd put there myself, I confess
So come lay on the couch with me
'Cuz nature's too wild and free
Come lay on the couch
We don't have to work on our tans
A beautiful African man
Well, next to him, I felt so white
As white as a page in a book
That I'd read but still don't understand
So I joked of a forbidden fruit
As we argued into the night
In a city of tanning salons
And TV screens all shining bright
So come lay on the couch with me
'Cuz nature's too wild, it's too wild and free
Come lay on the couch
Me know, no bird sing to me
We know it
Me know, no fishes in the sea
We know it
We have their bones to comb our hair
So shiny
Me know, no [Incomprehensible]
I'll pull the strings, untie me
Me know, no bird sing to me
We know it
Me know, no fishes in the sea
We know it
We have their bones to comb our hair
So shiny
Me know, no [Incomprehensible]
I'll pull the strings, untie me
Untie me, untie me
I'll be your mirror
Reflect what you are, in case you don't know
I'll be the wind, the rain and the sunset
The light on your door to show that you're home
When you think the night has seen your mind
That inside you're twisted and unkind
Let me stand to show that you are blind
Please put down your hands
'Cause I see you
I find it hard to believe you don't know
The beauty you are
But if you don't let me be your eyes
A hand to your darkness, so you won't feel afraid
When you think the night has seen your mind
That inside you're twisted and unkind
Let me stand to show that you are blind
Please put down your hands
'Cause I see you
And I'll be your mirror
Reflect what you are
I'll be your mirror
Reflect what you are
I'll be your mirror
I wouldn't die for your sins
'Cause what if I lose and you win?
Our friendship is all that we have in the end
But I wouldn't die for your sins
And I love you with all that I can
And bleed from the palm of my hands
I'll see you in heaven if we both get in
'Cause I wouldn't die for your sins
No I wouldn't die for your sins
And the truth isn't so hard to see
Come to me I'll set you free
My brothers and sisters, I'll let you in
But I wouldn't die for your sins
No I wouldn't die for your sins
No I wouldn't die for your sins
No I wouldn't die for your sins
No I wouldn't die for your sins
I made a lot of bad mistakes but, uh, everybody do
I would like to be a baseball player but if I don't
But if, but I have a lot of things that I wanna be
But I, but maybe if I don't get any of those things
Which I doubt I'd become maybe a manager
Or a or a, um, a news, uh, um, a news reporter
Or some, or something like that but or some
Or something like that but or some
There are sometimes when I even don't know
What I wanna do myself and the element of surprise is even greater
We're gonna go in both left and right
And remember a good move is your big move
There will be laughs and also joyful twirls
Your painted toenails kicking in the sand
Lazy fish crisscrossing endless seas
Will lay their golden eggs right in your hand
When we become, when we become
When we become what we're running from
The storm clouds swallowed by the ocean sway
Will smell like watermelon and cut grass
We'll build a bonfire with whatever's dry
And leave our cold, wet bodies where they lay
When we become, when we become
I woke up to the sound of German hip hop in my head
A great unholy clatter quickly filling me with dread
I wondered then if silence had forever disappeared
What, with everybody yelling the end was finally here
I scrambled for the television, desperate for its light
Hoping that my favorite stars could stop this endless night
I waited for instructions, I waited for a sign
I listened very carefully when told just what to buy
Lovers became bitter, mathematicians counting crumbs
Some were filled with angry lust, the rest felt mostly numb
The sun became the enemy, they'd hunger after dark
And kill time swapping partners at a club called Noah's Arc
Those who spoke of doom impending, suffering and such
Had found the place in people's heart that beauty had once touched
They filled the auditorium, the tickets far from cheap
Those that couldn't get in started fighting in the street
The day came so we gathered in a field behind the mall
A noted scientist predicted there we'd see it all
The city council members came, they told us not to fear
The king and queen of homecoming both shed a poignant tear
Just like that it happened, the starling blinked its eye
The molecules collided and became part of the sky
All my life I've never known a moment quite so still
Like space that's being emptied at the same time that it's filled
I woke up to the sound of German hip hop in the air
It sounded like a hum of insects nesting in my hair
I wasn't so much tired but I felt that I should sleep
Highway run into the midnight sun
Wheels go round and round
You're on my mind
Restless hearts sleep alone tonight
Sending all my love along the wire
They say that the road
Ain't no place to start a family
Right down the line it's been you and me
And loving a music man
Ain't always what it's supposed to be.
Oh girl, you stand by me
I'm forever yours
Faithfully.
Circus life under the big top world
We all need the clowns to make us smile
Through space and time
Always another show
Wondering where I am lost without you
And being apart ain't easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you.
Oh girl, you stand by me
I'm forever yours
Faithfully.
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh.
Faithfully
I'm still yours
I'm forever yours
Ever yours
Faithfully
it was so very long ago
in California desert snow
on film was caught a burning bush
up many hills a stone was pushed
the junky jews, so much to lose
the junky jews sing the blues
Corey Feldman took the stand
a sequel to the ten commands
Red Sea parted in his veins
beholding he who has no name
the junky jews, so much to lose
the junky jews sing the blues
the junky jews, so much to lose
the junky jews sing the blues
and the world was shining like a jewel
but on the surface very cruel
so Jesus picked up his guitar
and sang about a shooting star
There is nothing to be scared of
Love it's only one gray hair
There is love, there is love
Strong enough to doubt
Here's a napkin, dry your eyes
Don't cut onions in your mind
'Cause you have love, you have love
Strong enough to doubt
And you're the flower of my heart
That my thoughts can't tear apart
And we have love and we have love
Strong enough to doubt
The Dairy Queen has melted
Having laid all her eggs
And the sporting good store
At the corner under the overpass
With an ice cream hot mouth
She smiled a carnation pink
Into the root canal music
Of a prom night disaster that sink
On roads paved with liver and onions
As the ginger ale tickled her noise
And the power lines traced with a finger
Where gray turning gold
Jokingly blowing a bubble
As the teenagers slammed on their brakes
And sucking her teeth
She insisted on raising the stakes
Now the Dairy Queen is quiet
Sweating brown vinyl seats
With a need for directions
Don't let hurricanes hold you back
Raging rivers or shark attacks
Find love, and give it all away
Find love, and give it all away
Wrestle bears bring them to their knees
Steal the honey from killer bees
Find love, and give it all away
Find love, and give it all away
Don't be scared to connect the dots
And dig for gold in the parking lot
Find love, and then give it all away
Find love, then give it all away
Take it easy or you?ll hurt yourself
Dance that couch across the floor
You?ll sprain your wrist
The rug will burn your knees
Is there an exercise for that?
Find a way to brace yourself
Your heart?s a muscle and that?s all
There?s no way that love can help
Your twisted ankles when you fall
Entertain a love that?s always late
Jumping jacks could ease your mind
Folding sweat suits with a knotted hand
You can almost touch your toes
Find a way to brace yourself
Your heart?s a muscle and that?s all
There?s no way that love can help
Your twisted ankles when you fall
Take it easy or you?ll hurt yourself
Dance that couch across the floor
You?ll sprain your wrists
The rug will burn your knees
'Cause you're so evil and I'm so good
You're so sophisticated
Your mind's been liberated
You're the first to notice
When a movement's come and gone
Just as the curtain closes
I strike authentic poses
Now that we know all the words
To history's sad songs
So don't be apocalyptic
There's still time to get your last licks
But very soon the glory
Will make shameful, what is true
And don't be apologetic
So what if it is genetic?
Cowards still breathe easy
As their secret's safe with you
Are you still feeling bad
That your mother left your dad?
Are you so sure that everybody lies?
Guess what, your pain's been done
Took perfection by everyone
And the first thing every killer reads is
Catcher in the rye
You're so sophisticated
Your mind's been liberated
You're the first to notice
When a movement's come and gone
So maybe you should just release the doves
'Cause no one will survive the end of love
Maybe you should just release the doves
'Cause no one will survive the end of love
No one will survive the end of love
No one will survive the end of love
No one will survive the end of love
She asked him
"Why can we not be together?
Why is it we have to part?
Why did you leave with a stranger
When I am revealing my heart?"
Because I love the unknown
I love the unknown
He says he loves the unknown
Because I love the unknown
I love the unknown
He says he loves the unknown
They asked him
"Hey, where's this bus going?"
And he said, "Well, I'm really not sure"
"Well then, how will you know where to get off?"
And he said, "The place with the most allure"
Because I love the unknown
I love the unknown
He says he loves the unknown
'Cause I love the unknown
'Cause I love the unknown
He said he loves the unknown
And then his father got him a job
And it paid well
But every day it felt the same
Well, his father was really heartbroken
When he quit and changed his last name
The doctor asked him what he was afraid of
Just what was he running from?
He said, "It's not a fear of success, nor of closeness
But of going through life feeling numb"
That's why I love the unknown
I love the unknown
He said he loves the unknown
Because I love the unknown
I love the unknown
He says he loves the unknown
Because I love the unknown
I love the unknown
I know that not everyone will die
But no one is promised they'll live
See it's broken but will not be separate
Without getting blood on the leaves
You're hungry
Like a thousand starving dogs
[Incomprehensible] to avoid
See I wanted, I wanted
My finger tips are numb
And I hear a strange distant hum
The lonely man that payed to see her
Perched upon the leafless tree
The colors were as vivid as a dream
Upon their heart, she left a scar
Sudden selves for what they are
You better pray you never wake up
To find your dreams have all come true
?Cause if you get everything you hope for
Then I will have to punish you
And I need you just as much as you need
Me and the flower-loving bees
Your blood will color every sunset
Your tears will help me grow some trees
Here is my joke, the thunder?s laughing
Here is my word to lighten the day
Try to forget yourself, remember
Your broken heart will lead the way
Your broken heart will lead the way
Close the door but open yourself to me
Take off your coat, leave it there on the floor
I caught you doubting yourself in the mirror
But you look good to me
You look good to me
Close the door, don't let the cold air in
I don't mind to wait 'til your hands get warm
'Cause you could be coming down with something
So I'll come down with you
So I'll come down with you
You could be coming down with something
So I'll come down with you
So I'll come down with you
Close the door then sneeze as loud as you want
God bless you, He made the dust in this room
He made the dust in this room
He made the dust in this room
I buried our love
In the backyard
Until it thaws
We could play cards
'Cause I know that it's hard
When it's dark and cold
And all that you feel
Is yourself getting old
But summer will come
With all green and sweetened ice tea
Summer will come
And be all green with the sweetness of these
So feed me a kiss
Chapped lips and all
And I'll bring back the tape
Of an empire's fall
Summer will come
With all green and sweetened ice tea
Summer will come
And be all green with the sweetness of these
And I'll tie a string around my finger
So I don't forget
Not to get so tied up to
The things that I regret
'Cause summer will come
With all green and sweetened ice tea
Summer will come
don't be afraid of your anger
I'll eat it with mustard and wine
and the crumbs in your hair
you should shampoo with care
if it's tearless I'm sure it would say
and don't be afraid of the language
I know you don't mean what you said
well, your tongue can get sharp
but it's soft in my mouth
and there's towels and ice we could use
don't roll your eyes at me slowly
I know I was acting the slut
when I loosened my belt
and said, I know how you felt
from a book that explained it away
from a book that explained it away
so don't be afraid of your anger
I'll eat it with mustard and wine
and lick the blood off your lip
and the bruise on your hip
when this pillow fight gets out of hand
When it finally collapsed all you heard was the radio static
And the fluttering sound of a bird that was trapped in the attic
But you couldn?t be sure that it wasn?t just all in your head
As you carefully swept all the broken glass out of your bed
When it finally collapsed all the actors were hotly protested
But the people they had to portray, were a little depressing
So a grass roots initiative based upon sharing and trust
Went into production to harness the power of dust
When it finally collapsed as it had been since way before when
The pedophiles did their rendition of ?You?ve Got A Friend?
And everyone had to admit that it wasn?t half bad
But they still felt uneasy fearing they?d be dismissed as a fad
When it finally collapsed giant billboards made people aware
Of the idea that we are comprised of just water and air
And a vandal had written that Jesus knows just how you feel
When you?re falling asleep, asleep at the wheel