Monday, January 30, 2006

HAPPY NYPHOMANIAC

She's such a happy nymphomaniac
She'll take you back to her flat
Whether wed, wierd or whacked
She's such a happy nymphomaniac
She's diplomatic, it don't matter
if you're red, yellow, black
(That's a fact)

She never can wait for the right man to sate
Her voracious appetite
She'd rather fill her own plate
With a hasty, tasty morsel that comes soon but not late
Enough to dissuade a second portion
Often third rate
(She's love bait)

CHORUS
Oh Jo, nymphomaniac
Oh Jo, Oh Jo nymphomaniac
She's back
On her back - most of the time

Once she made a pact to stay out of the sack
For a week she went dry
Then she finally cracked
She rode a guy named Jack like a horse at the track
The 3-1 favorite over at the gambling shack
(She's got the knack)

Oh Jo, nymphomaniac
Oh Jo, Oh Jo nymphomaniac
She's so happy
She'll make you smile
All the while
You bop her
Lyle, Kyle, Peter, Bob
David, Michael, Rick and Rob
Take a number - Stan's the man
Next in line is Randy Dan

She's such a happy nymphomaniac
She's such a happy nymphomaniac
She's such a happy nymphomaniac
She's such a happy nymphomaniac
Oh Jo, nymphomaniac
Oh Jo, Oh Jo nymphomaniac
She's back
On her back – most of the time

YOU ATE MY PEANUT BUTTER

You ate my peanut butter
You ate my peanut butter
You ate my peanut butter
And I'm really not glad
I'm rather quite mad
I'm gonna hunt you down and leave you writhing in the gutter
Shish-kebab your eyes, send them parcel post to your mother

You ate my peanut butter
You ate my peanut butter
You ate my peanut butter
You really shouldn't oughtta done that
You're already quite fat
I'm gonna help you lose some weight - mascerate a lighter state
In a vat of flaming Crisco oil

You ate my peanut butter
This ain't no peach pit you bitch!
I'm gonna have a real fit
Blow you to the sky with a pipe bomb, make you fly
Then I'll eat a jelly sandwich

BRIDGE 1
I loved my peanut butter
I loved my peanut butter
I brought it 'cross the ocean
To have it by my side
On lonely nights I'd take a bite
Without no bread at all!

BRIDGE 2
I'd lick the spoon!
And then I'd croon!
A warbled sticky song!
But now it's gone!
You've done me wrong!
I've lost that happy tune!

And I'm really not glad
I'm rather quite mad
I think I'm gonna have to stick you with a rusty skewer
Barbecue your guts and eat them sunny side up for dinner
(Take what's left and dump it piece by piece into the sewer)

You ate my peanut butter
You ate my peanut butter
You ate my peanut butter
You ate my peanut butter!
You ate my peanut butter!
You ate my peanut butter!

BRIDGE 2 (w/o last 3 lines)
I want you dead!
You stole my spread!
You ate my peanut butter!
You ate my peanut butter!

A MILD AGNOSIA

Champagne in the air
Sprays euphoria
Infectious forgetfulness and
A mild agnosia
'Cause there's a red clock and we're dancing on the table

It's midnight time, a toll, a tear
People kissing everywhere
Girl to girl and boy to boy
Indifferent, brutal, blissful joy
Tick tock the red clock and we're dancing if we're able

CHORUS
Over by the square there's a big group care-in
We tread fields of schizoid bottles, firecrackers and dare
To say hello to strangers and goodbye to our minds
We give... Epicurean sighs

What's your name, hey?
Come on, talk to us
You're hangin' back, look so unsure
Just let go
'Cause there's a red clock and not much time to dance upon the table

CHORUS 2
Over by the square we've learned to grow gold in our hair
Sapphires in our eyes and amethyst minds
We say hello to strangers and goodbye to our binds
And give... Epicurean sighs

BRIDGE
(incl. instrumental of Chorus)
... Epicurean sighs

Champagne in the air
Sprays euphoria
Infectious forgetulness and
A mild agnosia
'Cause there's a red clock and we're dancing on the table

Yeah there's a red clock and we're dancing if we're able
Tick tock
Tick tock
Yeah there's a red clock and we're dancing on the table

WINDSHEAR

Toothpaste in the bathroom, never squeezed it from the top
Take a shower first and use up all the hot water
Pick up all my clothes and put them back where they'd belong
You knew I'd never find them that way

Righteous girl, oppressiveness never seeped into your attitude
Battered wives, CFC's, beached whale in Iowa somewhere
Flavor of the day, maybe even week or two
Ethnic jokes never, ever got a laugh

CHORUS 1
And you always thought that you were such
A moral vegetarian
Sanctified your good heart with oat bran
With leather boots and alligator suitcase
You'd demand
A special meatless airplane menu

You talked correct, you walked erect, went into the airport
Chided me, lack of principles, pro-choice march I wouldn't go
Then some words and you turned away and so did I
Windshear in the middle of July

CHORUS 1
And you always thought that you were such
A moral vegetarian
Sanctified your good heart with oat bran
With leather boots and alligator suitcase
You demanded
A special meatless airplane menu

CHORUS 2
Don't think I'll mourn, I'm glad you're gone
I never dug that trip you're on
Hypocrisy with tofu on the side
Don't think I'll miss you just because
I never had a chance to say
A chance to say goodbye

TORNADO LOU

I remember when I found you
Unconscious by my door
So timid yet so pretty
My eyes dropped to the floor

I picked them up one by one and then
I played again some more
But you shined so bright
I nearly lost my sight
When you came into my life

CHORUS
Tornado Lou, I love you
I'll always, always, always be true
Tornado Lou, I love you
I swear to God I really do

You swept me up when I swept you up
My mind all in a twirl
You said you'd had some hard times
Ever since you'd been a girl

But I heard you sing and I knew just one thing
That I had found a pearl
I've waited oh so long
I surely can't be wrong
That's why I sing this song

CHORUS
I swear to God I really do

SOLOMON'S GAME

Rake the leaves off cobblestones
Or scratch the chalkboard
Familiar sounds, I hear them every night
When you grind your teeth in troubled sleep
And dream of home
And lonely children growing up alone

Walk the dog, a tree-lined road
Philadelphia autumn
Little half-brother and sister tag along
Their Ma and Pa are over at the courthouse playing
Solomon's game, deja vu, been here before

CHORUS
Just look out on the bright side, oh my darling
You've always been a half a smile away
But you've carried broken glass inside your pockets
Blood on hands on eyes obscured the way

Shattered mirror, hide the pieces
Don't let them see
Take the bad luck as it were your own
Carry it with you all over just to be sure
Those shards will never cut them at the core

CHORUS

So look out on the bright side, oh my darling
You've always been a half a smile away
But you've carried broken glass - just let it pass
And look out on the bright side, not the past

So look out on the bright side, oh my darling
You've always been a half a smile away
But you've carried broken glass - its time to let it pass
And look out on the bright side, not the past
Look out on the bright side
Look out on the bright side
Look out on the bright side
The bright side
Look out on the bright side
Look out on the bright side
Look out on the bright side

THE AUTHORITIES ARE UNHAPPY

The Authorities are unhappy
You've been asleep
They've punched you in with a sideways grin
And they've saved to delete

You're in their D-base now and girl
You're theirs for keeps
You'll know no peace, they'll break you into
Bit by bit by bit by bit!

So come away
Come away
Away
Come away

Regard the talons, carrion
Prepare the feast
They've called you dead virtually
An otiose redundancy

They caught your REM
Inattention!
Drugged dreams offend
Judges in superego robes
Put you away
Away
Away
Put away
Away
Put you away

(Go to A# chord for transition, then...)
The Authorities are unhappy
You've been asleep
They've called your kluge a pointless ruse
Erasure is the penalty

You've never been an innocent
But you're confused
You closed your eyes, let yourself fly
With Morpheus
Away Away Away

(Hold on G# chord, then...)
They caught your REM
Inattention
Drugged dreams offend
It's time to wake
For your own sake
And come away
Away Away
Come Away Away
Come away...

COME ON BOYS

Come on boys take it all away
Landlord says get out you didn't pay
If you want a free ride get it some other way
It's the law, that's right
Not a chance you can stay

Come on boys take it all away
Landlord gave you till the end of May
You're a hard-luck lady in the USA
But it's not my fault
I just do what they say

Now calm down girl and don't get all riled
It's hard I know when you've got a child

Goddammit woman, this ain't cause you're not white!
It's a simple economic matter - money makes right
And I'm really truly sorry, yeah I'm really truly sorry...

Put back the gun, girl, now don't go wild
I can tell this ain't your usual style

If you wanna cry a little guess I'd understand
If I only had the cash I'd lend a helping hand
But I owe back rent too, just about a grand
And I've also got a child in this golden land

That's right, girl, please, just put the gun away
Just have faith that it will be okay
And I'll pray for you
Yeah I'll pray for you

Come on boys
Come on boys
Come on boys take it all away!
Come on boys take it all away!
You're a hard luck lady in the USA
Come on boys, come on boys

GHOST SHIP CALLING

Two months ago I woke and you were gone girl
Still think about the things you said to me
When times were good and we thought we
Would never ever be
Two ships that sailed beyond eternity

"Don't ever try to anchor me at port, boy.
Don't ever try to say what I should be
I've got my soul and you've got yours
Respect that and you'll see
Two ships that go beyond eternity."

And I tried to take her words to heart I swear it
I tried to let her drift upon the sea
But one of me was not enough
To watch her floundering
And then she sailed beyond eternity

CHORUS
And I wonder under which skies you now wander
If ghost ships ever haunt you in the night.
When a melancholy wind blows does it
Take you by surprise?
Do you ever weep and have no reason why?

Today I woke and you were gone girl
I've lost my way I hope you have found yours
Eastern horizons welcome though
They're far away indeed
For two ships that sailed beyond eternity.

CHORUS
CHORUS
Do you ever weep and have no reason why?
Do you ever weep... And have no reason why?

STAND STILL FOR THE JESTER

CHORUS
Just stand still - Jester jumps from a rainbow
Just stand still - Jester jumps from a rainbow

And please don't exchange my days of mourning
Yellow thoughts for moontime fun
Jester muse laugh stop the roaring
Empty beam from silent shell

I know you don't understand my point of view when
I say I'll take the bad times as they come
But just take my word on this one
Inspiration chases none

CHORUS

And please don't exchange my days of glory
For these blue times in my mind
Let the Jester do the courting
Though right now he plays the mime

CHORUS

DANDELION FEATHERS

And you're walking through that crazy park
With a candyapple heart
Boys and girls wonder where
You got the nerve to bring the fair
When the clown's a joker
And the bear's a coker
And the strongman's running scared

And prepare yourself to be the one who suffers
Twenty-two and you
Have not left that sugar-coated mountain
That Neil Young said you had to
Now you're finding out it's real
But every part of you still feels

CHORUS
Dandelion feathers
Blowin' in the wind
And in the child's dreamin'
We could begin again

Well, the ice cream castles melted when they
Could not find the sun
All the lonely people withered
In the blaze of their cold fun
Now you're helpless stuck
In rotting sweet-toothed muck
And you're held there by your care
And...

CHORUS
Dandelion feathers
Blowin' in the wind
But in the child's dreamin'
We could begin again.

CHORUS

SO-SO PSYCHO

Dangling jewelry and tambourine headcap
Beaded beard, red, ochre mosaic
Boots he never takes off
Patchwork jeans to use as a shirt

And he calls himself unstable, demented, perverse
Likely any time of day or night
To bash your head with a rainstick
Or to ice-skate on a spring pond
But I know, I know...

CHORUS
He's a so-so psycho from Soho
So-so psycho from Soho
He's a so-so psycho from Soho
But he tries real hard though

Yelling at the crowds at the fountain
Wind-blown spray makes him look like he's drowning
In all the bullshit that he's been spouting
Squares at the square have all been taken
By this...

CHORUS
So-so psycho from Soho
So-so psycho from Soho
He's a so-so psycho from Soho
But he tries real hard though

SOLO

And he calls himself a paranoid, maniacal fruitcake
Bananad out of all his walled nuts
Spilling loose on the floor
He'd get more but there's no store
That sells that kind of fresh produce
Come on now just cut the crap

CHORUS
You're a so-so psycho from Soho
So-so psycho from Soho
You're a so-so psycho from Soho
But you try real hard though
You're a so-so Psycho

So-so psycho from Soho
So-so psycho from Soho
So-so psycho from Soho

VOICE OF THE DEVIL

Oh lord I know you know I don't believe
Still today I'll ask you not to let me leave
This earth I've grown to love
After what I've seen I can't tell you why

They're coming to get me there is no reprieve
All that there's left to do now is to grieve
My only crime is I have
No cash for the university

CHORUS
The voice of the devil's screamin' overhead
I've got this sinkin' feelin' that I'm on the dumb side
Like Wile E. Coyote I think I'm on the dumb side

Oh Lord I know you know I don't believe
Still today I'll ask you not to let me leave
This earth I've grown to love
After what I've seen I can't tell you why

CHORUS

The voice of the Devil's screamin' overhead
Peter gave up I guess and went home to bed
So would I
He must be bored
Those pearly gates haven't been opened
Overhead!
For some time now!
Overhead!
A long, long time now!
Overhead!
Overhead!

CHORUS

METAL KNOT

Run, and hon
You'll find the wrong end
Of my gun
In place of your face
There'll be an empty space
Oh what a waste

And so, don't go
Against me now
I'd hate to blow
Away your mind
So if you don't mind
Just tow the line
We'll get along fine

CHORUS
And you
Came to me
I gave you fun
You had my son
Now it can't be over and done
'Cause when you're got
You've found your lot
Tied in the gold metal knot

Jane, I'm sane
But can't you see, though
It's very plain
That you're a part
Of my domain
Give up and let me train
You to like your chain

CHORUS

Yeah, when you're got
You've found your lot
Tied in that gold metal knot

PHILOSOPHY

Philosophy
Thoughts of eternity
Commonly
Scramble the brains

Picture frame
Words on a printed page
Silent screen
But how can you understand
A tortured, pained, agonizing scream?

In the loop
Caught like a chick in a chicken coop
They took my beak
Much less fly, I can't even speak

Philosophy
Thoughts of eternity
Commonly
Scramble the brains
Give it up,
If you don't you'll go insane

GIVE ME ANOTHER VIETNAM

CHORUS
Give me another Vietnam
I'll go far for another war
I just don't give a damn
So give Me Another Vietnam

Tax free pay, easy lay
Let's have another 'Nam now come on let's play
Rape, pillage, plunder until I go under
How so much fun is legal I really wonder

And I won't go over the hill
I won't, no, 'cause I want to kill
Blow away some Mommas, Daddys and kids
Got me some gold teeth, now what's your bid?
Blow away some Mommas, Daddyd and kids
That's the best destruction I ever did

CHORUS

I'll get me some Thai stick just like before
Then I'll go and I'll be high for that war
I'll thank the politicians who gave me this break
When I'm dead and gone, think they'll come to my wake?

CHORUS
CHORUS

ALWAYS BE YOUR FRIEND

I don't care 'bout Dick or Tad
I don't care 'bout Dave or Bob
I don't care 'bout Mich or Mike or Jamie either

I won't compete against them
'Cause I'm not any of them
I can only be myself
I only want to be myself

CHORUS 1
And if you want me now
You can have me now
If you want me then
I may not be there then
But I will always be your friend

There's two flowers in that jar
You can pick which one we are
Choose between the red rose and the white carnation

CHORUS 2
And if you want me now
You can have me now
If it's not mutual
Then I don't want you then
But I will always be your friend

Yes, I will always be your friend (oh yes I will)
It's not all all or nothing that I'm looking for
(Just a little more)
Yes, I will always be your friend
No matter what I will
Always be your friend

CHORUS 1

FEATS OF FIRE

Andre' don't like it in Siberia
He just kept writin' inflammatory things
Now the cold wind blows in through his fountain pen
But he won't stop if he has to scratch in stone
No, he won't stop till his flesh turns into bone

The Bishop don't like the King and all his men
Who checkmate without letting you move
In the game they play the white side always wins
But soon the Bishop will take the castle down
He and all the pawns will tear it from the ground

CHORUS
Feats of fire
You just can't stop the burnin' that'll keep them goin'
Feats of fire (Fire now!)
They're gonna bring down the ones that have kept them down
Feats of fire
Till ashen cinders
Of broken princes
Fall in crumbled pieces

Ho Chi Minh sits chattin' with George Washington,
Jesus and Susan B. Anthony
And the cloud they've sat on has blue sky closin' in
It'll break the mist and they'll fall down in a rain
Yes, they'll come on down and wash away the pain

CHORUS
CHORUS

ONLY WEDNESDAY

I picked her up from Mom and Dad
Please be home before nine
And have a good time at the movies you two
We rode past white picketed lawns
Through golden city suburbs
To the place where only those who see gray can see

A small cinder block building on the
Corner people who leave there pretend
To go on just as they had before

"Miss, we're ready for you now"
The nurse turned down the hall
No pained expression, just a steady rhythm

Of heels click-clacking on the tiles
She paused to put away
Our file - we make forty two this week

CHORUS
Only Wednesday at the clinic
Thirty more before the week will finish
Only Wednesday at the clinic
Thirty more before the week will finish

I brought her home to Mom and Dad
"Of course we had a great time"
"Oh good," they said, "and next time if you can

The zoo is really beautiful
This time of year and you
Should try to go there if you get the chance.

CHORUS
CHORUS

COMES A NEW DAY

I don't remember the things that I did late last night
They say that I killed two men in a barroom fight
And left them face down in a puddle of red
And stumbled home drunkenly and fell into bed

A wail in the darkness
They brought reinforcements
Oh help me, oh help me, they'll take me away
I don't remember if I did what they say
I am afraid

CHORUS
Oh, Oh! Comes a new day
Six little children will never play
With their Daddy

I stare at the shadow cast by the lone light in my cell
And see that even with no illumination it's there
My bloody hands will follow wherever I go
No matter what I do I will always know

CHORUS

Oh help me, Oh help me
There comes a new day
Six little children will never play
With their Daddy

SLINKIN' AROUND

Ollie you say that you are for this country
Well, hell, you didn't mean no harm, got out of hand
Just did what you did for us
Can't see why their's such a fuss

Joey, you done some fancy talkin' lately
Seems, though, the words are not your own - but who's to know?
Come on, it's all a little joke
No need for all the fire and smoke
(but let me tell you)

CHORUS
I don't follow that way of thinkin'
There's too much slinkin' around
Oh, no, I don't follow that way of thinkin'
My trust is sinkin' way down

Gary, now what's this Monkey Business goin' on?
A little bored on the campaign trail - take a little sail?
Donna just went for the ride - I swear it! And anyhow
Damn press shouldn't make you hide
(but I'll tell you now)

CHORUS

Down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down
Down Down
Down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down
Down Down
Down Down Down
Oh, no I don't follow that way of thinkin'
My trust is sinkin' way down

Friday, January 27, 2006

LIE AWAY

They said don't care, don't be aware of faces
They said don't stare, don't find their hidden places
Be in, just stay inside
The best way is to hide

Four year oasis, oh you're wasted
Just get stoned, red eyes they don't get burned
And you'll find a way
To make it through the day

CHORUS
And I lie away
I lie away
I lie away
I lie away

Lie in bed, outside the day is dead
Thoughts have fled to deep inside my head
Window shades are pulled
All the people fooled

They'll be out and I'll be inside laughin'
Then how come I feel so much like crying?
I don't like this way
To make it through the day

CHORUS
CHORUS

TURN AWAY

I turn away
I think a better day
I don't care what they say
It doesn't matter to me anyway

But the laughter in the next room hurts so much
I'm trying not to hear but no such luck
They're making fun of me
I can plainly see
That thay don't want me here no more

Yea, the things they say of me are quite unkind
And I'm trying just to put it out of mind
But that laughter just keeps on
It brings me so far down
I don't know what I should do

CHORUS
Do I yell and scream - do I
Tell them that I heard?
Or do I wallow in self pity
Or do I -
Throw away their words and just go on?
I'd like to do that
But that laughter just keeps on
It burns goddamn, it burns
No matter what I think or do it hurts

Yeah, the things they say of me are quite unkind
And I'm trying just to put it out of mind
They're making fun of me
Making fun of me
I don't know what I should do

CHORUS

SEARCHER JOEL

CHORUS
Searcher Joel is running
Searcher Joel is scared
'Cause he doesn't like the way the world is like -
Too much bitter bite

Dancing round the circle
Rainbow gathering
On a trip, he's on a trip
Chameleon colors drip

Follow mind to fantasy
Clothes fly through the air
Timothy Leary, God bless you
Have a shirt - a shoe

CHORUS

Naked in the center now
Everyone is watching
And they see that he is free
And smile happily

People flutter to and fro
Touch him as they pass
Searcher Joel just takes it in
He loves this world he's in

Searcher Joel was running
Searcher Joel was scared
'Cause he didn't like the way the world was like -
Too much bitter bite

Searcher Joel was running
Searcher Joel was scared
'Cause he didn't like the way the world was like -
But now it's all right

INTO THE TRAP

I fall
Into the trap again
I find myself wanting things that don't mean anything
To me - and I wonder why do I want what I want
And is it even me, what is me?

I don't
Understand who I am
This world it molds my inner self - it defines my whole being
Yet, inside there is a struggle
There is a part of me
Yearning, pining, struggling to be free

CHORUS
And so I walk the fine line
Trying to hold on to something that I can call mine
And so I walk the fine line
Looking for something that is truly my own

I try
To be who I am
But its hard to be who you are when you don't know who you are
You find yourself reaching for shining stars that burn when you touch
You get what you want but it's not what you want
You get what you want but it's not what you want

CHORUS
CHORUS

THE MASK

I know where to go
I go where I know
You will never find me
Though you may think you see
What you see is a mask that I bring forth to cast
In a favorable light myself to get what I might

I am barely real
I will not, cannot feel
I won't give, I won't share
I can't love, I can't care
But I can fool you well, I can pitch a hard sell
To make you think I am
A lion
Or a lamb

CHORUS
And when you think you've found out who I am - I'll change
Someone who is noone can be anyone
Anddon't try to find me I don't want to be found I
Just want to be left alone -
Get away from me
I don't want to see
What's happened to me
I don't want to see
That there's nothing in me

I know where to go
I go where I know
You will never find me
Though you may think you see
What you see is a mask that I use tohide
Me from you, me from me, me from reality!

CHORUS

Get away from me
I don't want to see
What's happened to me
I don't want to see
That there's nothing in me.

FATHER AND DAUGHTER

I've heard that story before
The reasons are always sure
Put yourself in my place and think
How it must look to me
I think you know

Asking forgiveness again
I'm starting to notice a trend
Innocent mistakes all the time
Not just coincidence and I
Am sure you see that too

CHORUS
'Cause here we go again
Oh 'cause here we go again
I'm starting to break not bend
Oh 'cause here we go again

It wasn't always this way
It changed I remember that day
Your mother and I had to go
Our own separate ways, we could not
Stay together as one

And your eyes clouded up
(I remember that)
It's never been the same
(I want you back!)
I miss you now even when I'm
With you and I don't know how to
Bring you back to me

CHORUS

Oh 'cause here we go again
La da da da da da...

PERFECT MAN

Always right, never ever wrong
It's too bad you never make
Mistakes, a boring life that makes
But you're a perfect man

I don't know what I am talking about
That is obvious
That is very clear, how could I
Ever I'm not you?

CHORUS 1
And you're a perfect man
So we needn't worry
You know all there is too know
Too bad it's all a show
But you're a perfect man
Yes, you're a perfect man

You tell me what I'm doing wrong
There's no discussion, no debate
I can count on you to know what's best
To hell with all the rest

CHORUS 2
And you're a perfect man!
Yes, you're a perfect man!
Yes, you're a perfect man
Yes, you're a perfect man.

Prima Donna, cater to your
Needs, I guess that we should be
Grateful, not everyone gets to see
A perfect man

CHORUS 1
CHORUS 2

Sunday, January 22, 2006

COFFEE MAN

Coffee there
Cappuccino mocha stare
A pointless fan-breeze blows in
The late autumn air
Through the sliding pane window
No one thinks to close

Shaking now
One hour scared just waiting now
The coffee spills, it burns, it kills
The numb finger chill
Leaves a red on brown on blue
Cafe cartoonish hue

CHORUS
And she hangs their lives on her fingernails
She hawks their hopes for a one night care
Then she says she really didn't like it
Yea, she says she really didn't like it

Lovely day,
"I love you" she said as she drove away
Just to say hello
To a man she once knew
Just to finally end it right
And to start something new

CHORUS
BRIDGE

Table next
The guy with long hair says "Who said
“All I know at all is
I know nothing at all?"
The coffee man tells him "I don't know.
I know nothing at all."

CHORUS

And she hangs their lives on her fingernails
And the man with the long hair he says
"Who really cares? All I know at all
Is I know nothing at all."
The Coffee Man tells him
"Yea, I know
Yea I know
Yea I know
Yea I know
Yea I know
I know nothing at all.”

Saturday, January 21, 2006

FALSE PROPHET

Trouble not you
With the ritual sufferers
Who wear their despair
As if it were
A golden crown

They'll drain you
They'll maim you
With Job love inflame you
To die for their principles
Or worse yet to live for their lies

CHORUS
I've heard the false prophets on the radio
They drag their crosses and talk of loss and woe
Blood's in season

Martyrs they will for
Compassion, a thrill for
These wronged, righteous immortal
Gloryseeking
Wounded, poor souls

CHORUS
I've heard the false prophets on the radio
Dragging their crosses, they talk of loss and woe
Blood's in season

I've heard the false prophets on the radio
Masses all gather and talk of loss and woe
Blood's in season
What's the reason?
Blood's in season

Friday, January 20, 2006

SLY SNAKE

Sly snake in the garden
Bored to Kingdom Come
He says "Paradise may be beautiful
But it sure ain't fun

He says, "Eve, honey, eat this apple
She says, "I'm not supposed to."
He says "Eve, honey, eat this cherry red apple
And you'll learn to screw."

So Eve she eats that apple
She convinces Adam too
'Cause when Adam says "I don't think I should."
She says you'll learn to screw

CHORUS
So let's go to the forest
Together we can lay
'Cause knowledge is mortality
But while we live we'll play

God he points at Adam
Adam points at Eve
Eve she points at that sly snake
Hangin' from the tree

The snake he say's "I'm just a fall guy
You're stainin' my reputation
Don't pass the buck
Admit you wanted to fuck
That ain't no revelation."

CHORUS

Now mad God says "Get out of the garden!
You'll have to die from here on in
But you'll learn to fuck
And with a little luck
You can have some children."

CHORUS

So let's go to the forest
Together we can play
'Cause knowledge is mortality
So you might as well get laid

Thursday, January 19, 2006

ASPHRODEL EYE

We went in as two and we came out as two
Once we were three then we killed off the seed
Once we were one then we met the red, white nun
Stirrups and suction left us back where we'd begun

She saw the tiny blip on the sonogram screen
She said it was a pearl in the form of a girl
I said "Don't act like you know what sex our baby is
There'll never be a hers and there'll never be a his

CHORUS
Oh but it's sad when a love affair dies
Oh but it's sad when a love affair dies

She said we'd trapped a soul inside a sterilized bowl
Each night the echo of a scream was born to her dreams
Each night she wiped a tear from an asphrodel eye
Each night a china voice so timidly asked "Why?"

CHORUS

She said I'm not gonna get over this
Until my ovaries are wrapped around the inside of my thighs

CHORUS
BRIDGE
We went in as two
We came out as two
Once we were one then we met the red, white nun
Oh, but it's sad
Oh, but it's sad
Oh, but it's sad
Oh, but it's sad
Oh, but it's sad...

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

PICTURE OF THE SKY

She went up to take a picture of the sky
She went up to take a picture of the sky

She went up to take a picture of the sky
With a salamander eye that'll change but never lie

She's got a thousand year old smile
And an Aphrodite style
And she'll promise you forever
Then she'll leave you in a while

CHORUS
And she's committed to the present
She's committed to the high
And she'll never say I'm sorry
And she'll never ever die
Picture of the sky

If she could she'd steal your soul
She'd leave an empyrean hole
And it wouldn't be malicious
But she'd leave it black as coal

CHORUS
And she's committed to the present
She's committed to the high
And she'll never say I'm sorry
And she'll never ever die
Picture of the sky

CHORUS

She went up to take a picture of the sky
She went up to take a picture of the sky

This chick ain't gonna settle for any life of quiet desparation
Zombies don't scare her and she breaks mirrors just for fun

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

BROTHER ON HOUSTON & C

"Hey, white boy, I want you out of here!"
The Brother said to me down on Houston and C
I said, "What did I do?"
He said "You look like a Jew."
I said, "Brilliant observation, I'm half Catholic too."

"Hey, white boy, I want you out of here!
Take your ugly face to another place."
I said, "I really don't know
What you've got against me
But you're not gonna tell me what air I can breathe."

He said, "Hey, white boy, I want you out of here!
Get on home, boy, get out of here!"

Then he took out a hammer
And he held up high
Said, "I'm gonna hurt you, boy, don't think it's a lie."

"Hey, white boy, I want you out of here!
Yea, white boy I want you out of here!
Don't want you round, boy, get out of here!
And I don't want to talk or to rationalize
So don't ask me no whats and don't ask me no whys
'Cause its word up simple that I won't compromise."
He said, "Hey white boy I want you out of here!
That's right, boy, I want you out of here!"

Till I pulled a thirty-eight and held it up to his face
Told him "Look, Brother man, it's not healthy to hate."

He said "Hey white boy, I want you out of here!
That's right, boy, I want you out of here!
We're not done, I want you out of here!
You should of killed me, boy, 'cause you're out of here!
Don't turn your head, you are out of here!
Don't blink an eye, you are out of here!
I won't give up until you're out of here!
Already dead, boy, you're out of here!

Monday, January 16, 2006

DEMOCRACY OF TOUCH

Touch me
Set me free
From this stumble-down, walk-around
Existence I lead
I ponder too much
There's never enough
Rapturous pleasure and blind ecstasy

I want
To be my own
Sensual man in a
Sensual land
Don't call it a stage
Acknowledge my rage
I've been trapped so long inside this rational cage

CHORUS 1
And the bride in the wedding gown lies dead on the ground
The vultures circle round and round above red desert
They sound:
"Give me democracy of touch! Give me democracy of touch!
And understand the meaning of Lord Chatterly's paralysis."

BRIDGE (short)

Dried up
The soul is cracked
Parched with shame
Of the bodily fact
Life is lust
Orgasm's a must
Fuck you Freud and your guilt-monger trust!

CHORUS 2
And the bride in the wedding gown lies dead on the ground
The vultures circle round and round above red desert
They sound:
"Give me democracy of touch!
Give me democracy of touch!

BRIDGE 2
Oh, touch me Oh, touch me Oh, touch me…

CHORUS 1

Oh, touch me
Oh, touch me
Oh, touch me
Set me free