Back to zero
So you wanna blow us all to pieces
Go meet your maker, head hung down
And give him all your explanations
Go ahead, throw down
Back to zero, back to nothing
Straight to meltdown, back to zero
That's where we're heading
It's a monkey living on my back
I can feel my spine begin to crack
I'm looking to the future
I keep on glancing back
I prefer to rot
I don't want to pop
I think I'll head back to the jungle, alright
Don't want to see no big bad rumble, too fright
Back to zero, that's where we're going
Back to nothing, right now, right now
No heroes? No more heroes
Back to meltdown
That's where I'm going, back to zero
My whole life is hanging on a thread
I'm the fly inside the spider's web
I'm looking to the future
I keep on glancing back
I prefer to rot
I don't want to pop
I worry about my great grandchildren
Living ten miles beneath the ground
I worry about their whole existence
The whole damn thing's in doubt
Back to zero, that's where we're going
Back to nothing, that's where we're heading
Straight to meltdown, that's where we're going
Back to zero, right now, right now
We're going nowhere
Right now, right now
Back to zero, that's where we're heading
Do do do do do do do do do
Cashmere hills filled with evergreens
Flowin' from the clouds down to meet the sea
With the granite cliff
(Big Sur mount)
As a referee
Crimson sunsets and golden dawns
A mother deer with their newborn fawns
All under Big Sur skies
(Big Sur mount)
That's where I belong.
Big Sur I've got plans for you
Me and mine are going to
Add ourselves to your lengthy list of lovers
(Big Sur mount)
And live in canyons covered in springtime green
Wild birds and flowers to be heard and seen
And with my old guitar
I'll make up songs to sing.
Where bubbling springs from the mountainside
Join the Big Sur river to the oceanside
Where the kids can look for sea shells at low tide
Big Sur my astrology it says that I am made to be
Where the rugged mountain meets the water
And so while stars shine brightly from up above
The fog rolls in through a redwood grove
And to my dying fire I think I'll add a log.
From time to time I must go away
The thoughts of Big Sur won't let me stay
Away from Big Sur
Oh Big Sur
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)
Back to zero
So you wanna blow us all to pieces
Go meet your maker, head hung down
And give him all your explanations
Go ahead, throw down
Back to zero, back to nothing
Straight to meltdown, back to zero
That's where we're heading
It's a monkey living on my back
I can feel my spine begin to crack
I'm looking to the future
I keep on glancing back
I prefer to rot
I don't want to pop
I think I'll head back to the jungle, alright
Don't want to see no big bad rumble, too fright
Back to zero, that's where we're going
Back to nothing, right now, right now
No heroes? No more heroes
Back to meltdown
That's where I'm going, back to zero
My whole life is hanging on a thread
I'm the fly inside the spider's web
I'm looking to the future
I keep on glancing back
I prefer to rot
I don't want to pop
I worry about my great grandchildren
Living ten miles beneath the ground
I worry about their whole existence
The whole damn thing's in doubt
Back to zero, that's where we're going
Back to nothing, that's where we're heading
Straight to meltdown, that's where we're going
Back to zero, right now, right now
We're going nowhere
Right now, right now
Back to zero, that's where we're heading
Back to zero
When I was a baby
I was so happy
I played
With my friends
In the mud
Wilbur and Jack
And Otis and Bea
We were a gang
And you gotta
Believe me
Momma would scold us
If we got too rough
She didn't care
She was proud of us
I ran around
And talked
To the animals
Tellin' them stories
Of savage cannibals
Then I got older
And noticed a girl
First I was sure
I didn't exist to her
I sulked around
But I didn't know why
Then she put her cheek
On my shoulder and I
Was lookin' at her and
She was lookin at me
We started to smile
It was our destiny
Tina was her name
She was my cutie pie
Forgot about the things
I used to like
I spent all my time
Followin' her around
My friends all made
The whiplash sound
But they understood
They was happy
For me
And everyone clapped
When I asked her
To marry me
And she said yes
And we felt so fine
We lost track
Of the passin' of time
Before I knew it
We had our own babies
Gina and Sharon
And Keeby and Gabe
But now
I've got to die
I've lived a good life
I've got no complaints
I'd like to thank
Farmer Pete
For bringin me scraps
So for that I could eat
He always
Had a smile on his face
He didn't want
To think of this day
It's finally here
It's finally here
Oh, oh, oh
They called me pig
They called me pig
When I was a baby
I was so happy
I played
With my friends
Highway One
Crystalline haunted sun
With the Pacific masculine crush
My little one enthralled by the redwoods
As I ride amongst monarchs and myths
Chorus:
Me and Anais and Henry and Jack Kerouac
Me and the Ohlone,the Esselen and Salinan
Me and Julia...Brautigan
All roads lead to Big Sur
All roads home to Big Sur
...celestial and frogs
Frits and cabins of logs
...we are barefoot and warm
Chorus:
Me and Anais and Henry and Jack Kerouac
Me and the Ohlone,the Esselen and Salinan
Me and Julia...Brautigan
All roads lead to Big Sur
All roads home to Big Sur
I am climbing on the bluffs
Beseeching God to answer us
Not much distracts from our...
...heartbeat by the forest
Chorus:
Me and Anais and Henry and Jack Kerouac
Me and the Ohlone,the Esselen and Salinan
Me and Julia...Brautigan
All roads home to Big Sur
Me and Mickey and...
Me and Lolly and Bill watching a red tail hawk
Me and...
All roads lead to Big Sur
Had a friend he would spend all his time going mad
You never heard more absurd, his new versions of 'crazy horses'
Finger to the head, everybody said he was cracked
And he was out there, but somehow he always came back
Back to zero
Then he got put away up to the hospital
Back to zero
They let him out -- Now he's got nothing to say
The lesson learnt was to never return to that place
Creating fear with control of your character on prescription
Now he smiles like his files are being held to his face
If he did resist a bit it wouldn't fit and there he goes again
Back to zero
He plays it safe but feels deranged
Back to zero
Just waiting for the call -- We're taking all you know away
They call you mad, feed you drugs, say you're cured and you're free
To keep in line with the threat they can do as they please
Scapegoats for the rest of us until we sus it's all you & me
In and out of institutions, repetition & exclusion
Lies they sell you
Make you doubt your sanity
But when they tell you
You must come back where you've just been
You'll have no chance to tell them
"No! I'm O.K. now!"
Back to zero
"No! I'm O.K. now!"
Back to zero
Back to zero
Back to zero
"No! I'm O.K. now!"
Back to zero
Back to zero
Back to zero
Just let the disc play
This is a song to give you hope
I wouldn't have it any other way
This is a song to give you hope
When you say
Honey i'm afraid to sleep at night, sleep at night
Honey i'm afraid to sleep at night, sleep at night
Well, i wish i had my arms around you
This is a song to give hope
Just let this thing surround you
This is a song to give you hope
When you say
Honey i'm afraid to sleep at night, sleep at night
Honey i'm afraid to leave tonight, leave tonight
I said go, go on
Go, go on
I said i, i love you truly
So go, go on
And get jump on the finer things
This is a song to give hope
You never know what the past will bring you
This is a song to give you hope
When you say
Honey i'm afraid to sleep at night, sleep at night
Honey i'm afraid to leave tonight, leave tonight
I said go, go on
Go, go on
I said i, i love you truly
So go, go on
Forty miles south of monterey and the san lucia hills
The sunshine shone me to sleep, and i dreamt i was alive
I sang myself a song, it went, know what you know,
Stay when you stay, and go when you go
And i call it intuition, flowers bloom and hummingbirds fly
Yes, i call it intuition, it gets me by
Sailing on a silver ship out to the open
Lonely and realizing that our friendship's been broken
And the funny thing to me is how quickly it slips away
And leaves you thinking of the things that were never spoken
And you know loving me is not enough
And i know future is as future does
Sailing on a silver ship out to the open
Lonely and realizing that our friendship's been broken
And the funny thing to me is how quickly it slips away
And leaves you longing for the things that were never spoken
And you know loving me is not enough
i would like to say that i think “one day,
we will meet again, and things will be the same”
but it’s this life we live, so will you please forgive
my lack of faith, if i’m wrong go on and say so
we were all filled up with a youthful pride
and we took the ocean with us
but most get swallowed up in the tide
they say it’s all in our best interest
when i lose sight i will return to see the redwoods in big sur
and have my vision restored
sometimes things only rearrange
when we thing they have changed
are those who die just those reborn, or is it something more?
all that golden hair
you left yours everywhere
that’s what reminds me, but what reminds you?
don’t forget why you’re here
it’s just a name my dear
we were all filled up with a youthful glow
and we took the winter with us
but most end up buried under the snow
i pray our youthful glows will warm us
when i grow old i will return to wash my body down the creek
and have my soul reborn
So much for the city
Tell me that you'll dance to the end
Just tell me that you'll dance to the end
Hey, hey you're the monkees
People said you monkeyed around
But nobody's listening now
Just don't go back to Big Sur
Hangin' around, lettin' your old man down
Just don't go back to Big Sur
Baby baby please don't go
So much for the street lights
They're never gonna guide you home
No they're never gonna guide you home
Down at the steam boat show,
All the kids start spittin'
I guess it didn't live up to the billing.
Just don't go back to Big Sur
Hangin' around, lettin' your old man down
Just don't go back to Big Sur
Baby baby please don't go
So much for the city
Tell me that you'll dance to the end
Just tell me that you'll dance to the end
Hey, hey you're the monkees
People said you monkeyed around
But nobody's listening now
Just don't go back to Big Sur
Hangin' around, lettin' your old man down
Just don't go back to Big Sur
Baby baby please don't go
So much for the street lights
They're never gonna guide you home
No they're never gonna guide you home
Down at the steam boat show,
All the kids start spittin'
I guess it didn't live up to the billing.
Just don't go back to Big Sur
Hangin' around, lettin' your old man down
Just don't go back to Big Sur
The four walls disappeared
and now there's nothing left to hide
the visions and the feelings
buried way down deep inside.
You thought we'd never find you-
we were always close behind.
We found the key and opened up
the back doors of your mind.
Now you're all alone and you only want
to get
Back to Zero - it's alright.
Living on the outside - it's a strange place to be -
leaving all the fears behind that seemed to follow me.
Sometimes I wonder how they
dragged me under and then I look up at the sky...
Back to Zero - it's alright.
I hope it rains.
I hope it pours - the flood will wash away
So much for the city
Tell me that you'll dance to the end
Just tell me that you'll dance to the end
Hey, hey you're the monkees
People said you monkeyed around
But nobody's listening now
Just don't go back to Big Sur
Hangin' around, lettin' your old man down
Just don't go back to Big Sur
Baby baby please don't go
So much for the street lights
They're never gonna guide you home
No they're never gonna guide you home
Down at the steam boat show,
All the kids start spittin'
I guess it didn't live up to the billing.
Just don't go back to Big Sur
Hangin' around, lettin' your old man down
Just don't go back to Big Sur
Baby baby please don't go
Love, Just hold me
One more time, then I let it go
the need to know, what was real
everything I asked for is given back
I do not want to pretend that I have rested in vain
and as the sun turns away I feel the pain of the stains
I am down back to zero
never thought id need this place, again
the tracks along my dreams
lead me back to the beginning
back down, to zero
no guarantees, or commitments
never promised what we could not keep
visions clash, seperate us
pictures changing make things fall apart
I do not want to pretend that I have rested in vain
and as the sun turns away I feel the pain of the stains
I am down back to zero
down back to zero
down back to zero
back down to zero
I am down back to zero
never thought id need this place, again
the tracks along my dreams
lead me back to the beginning
back down, to zero
and dont you think its the strangest thing
I know I should've known better
then to find myself in such a lonely place
and everything I fear
takes me back to the beginning
but it never felt so empty back to one
I am down back to zero
never thought I'd need this place again
the tracks along my dreams
lead me back to the beginning
in the dark, i've gone too far, i take another drink
shooting stars, i'm tearing cards
never could have seen the shadow in my ahead
the words i never said.
had it all, lost it all, made a few mistakes
misery must call for me, is calling on my name
tonight i won't regret the things i might forget
chorus:
back to zero, i thought you should know, i'm letting you go!
back to zero, i'm living my life, i'm starting tonight
and wash it all away, and make it go
gonna berry all these memories of you
back to zero, i'm living my life, i'm starting tonight!
i touch the night, and supervise freedom in my veins
i broke the spell, so what the hell?
i'm turning off my brain you know i need really,
it hunts me in my sleep
chorus:
back to zero, i thought you should know, i'm letting you go!
back to zero, i'm living my life, i'm starting tonight
and wash it all away, and make it go
gonna berry all these memories of you
back to zero, i'm living my life, i'm starting tonight!
na,na, na, na
na,na, na, na
back to zero
chorus:
back to zero, i thought you should know, i'm letting you go!
back to zero, i'm living my life, i'm starting tonight
and wash it all away, and make it go
gonna berry all these memories of you
U got no reason
U just sit around
U got no cat luck
U just spin around
Jumping curves in your oversized Cadillac
Jumping dealers that don? t have the cash to dash
Run all u children the evil has crashed the gates
Now you? re not civilized
Preying on the innocent
U got no feelings
U just spit em out
U got no cat love
U might as well just Bugg
Bugg 3X
U like to grunt
When you know u are hurting her
The pendulums swings in the darkest of evil winds
The fallen angel has fallen to escape
In a bloodbath the intellect shall pay
Bugg 3X
Dropped kick in the head
And brain starts spinning
Down through your spine
And your brain starts falling behind
Fool around
Glowing
Like the November Sun
She was flowing
Like the forever sun
Flowing
Reaching towards he dark light
Always denying
Floating right on by
Bugg
New York, Los Angeles, Chicago
I? ve got to get me some
