So So Psycho

DANDELION FEATHERS

2006-07-16T17:34:00.000-07:00

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

Solomon's Game

2006-06-10T17:34:00.000-07:00

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

SPLIT ROCK SYMPHONY

2006-05-01T17:34:00.000-07:00

May Day flautists Pan the 4PM moon
On wine lips and passion breath the cavalcade roams
Through sandstone, split-rock syphonies and a sigh
Over cholla fields, purple, pink and red blooms

Tumbleweed towns roll away like a ghost
They follow pied pipers offering up their glad toasts
Crows on the wind surf Appollonian sky
Dancing with the breeze and singing out with a cry

CHORUS
They sing holy holy holy holy holy
Holy holy holy holy Hey
Ring around the rosie
Seven times it goes
Throw posies
Raise a Phoenix
Crush a glass
And square the circle at last

Cascade lovers strum through rivers of stone
Snatch a joyous tune from a ribbon rock drone
Coyotes scramble ‘cross the peaks and howl through the night
Raising desert’s dome with wild shrieks of delight

CHORUS
CHORUS

JADE THE STONE

2006-02-09T14:05:00.000-08:00

Jade the stone has bought a lot
Of tractor-trailer treaded hearts
Dressed with neon, spiced with asphalt
Tastes familiar, tastes a lot like home

He rides the bus each day at nine
Some comfort just to recognize
Those concrete gazes paved with faces
Rocking roads on tarred and feathered pride

CHORUS
Jade's falling for tin-timbred ice elation
He's got lots of love to trade for freon veins
Now he's got temporary patience
But murmuring desperation - stalks Stone

He cracks a sparrow, tacks a wing
On pavement walks beyond the factories'
Sugar-sweet black smoking breeze
He tramples spring and steamrolls linden leaves

CHORUS 2
Jade's falling for tin-timbred isolation
He's got lots of love to trade for free
On veins now he's got temporary patience
But abulic desperation...Ohhh

BRIDGE

CHORUS (3)
And Jade's calling for tin-timbred expiation
He's got lots of time to wait for dispensation
He's been blessed by track filled patience
Freon veins and cool ablation Ohhhh...

He bangs alone
He's Jade the Stone
He hangs alone
He rocks the road
On tired, wired pride
Allied
With none
With none
With one
He's won
He's won
One...

INCORRIGIBLE

2006-02-08T19:42:00.000-08:00

Impressive tangibles give a good look
Though you've never earned a penny
And you barely read books
Well, maybe ones with pictures and two syllable words
You've sponged off your parents and taken the

Thirty thousand dollars they gave you for school
And spent it all in ways
To prove you're ever so cool
You pride yourself for being in the popular crowd
Normal people think you're just obnoxious and loud

CHORUS
And you're out with a different girl every night
Never come home till the dark's turned to light
You're incorrigible
You're incorrigible

Wonderbread, wonderhead you fuel the show
With your 400 SE
And an eight-ball of blow
Ride through the mirror on a grin full of gin
Brake on empty, then you begin again

In your black shirt, pants and black shoes
Join the dead souls
Who've got nothing to lose
Wear on the outside what you wear on the inside
May be nothing, but it's nothing with pride!

BRIDGE
CHORUS

Impressive tangibles give a good look
Though you've never earned a penny
And you barely read books
And you wear on the outside what you
Wear on the inside
May be nothing but you've nothing to hide

CHORUS
Life's so great as long as you get to play
You've got what you want in a marshmallow way
You're incorrigible
You're incorrigible
You're incorrigible

TWINKIE DEFENSE

2006-02-07T19:41:00.000-08:00

Forty-four magnum advertisements
Rip through the ears and the eyes
All that's left
When they clear up the mess
A mouth that unthinking cries "Yes."

Roll out a strong corporate image and
Own this land from sea to sea
My country tis' of thee
Land of the free
Red, white, blue slaves to TV

CHORUS
The people have spoken they want their fruitcakes
Pet rocks and green linguini
Taste your death in a mint flavored breath
The Twinkie defense ain't a lie

Spilled milk begets tears and rational fears
Murder by cream filled sponge treats
Binge your last binge
Because soon it will end
When the cuisinarts all take revenge

CHORUS
Taste death in a mint flavored breath
The Twinkie defense ain't a lie

OFF COLOR ANGEL

2006-02-06T19:39:00.000-08:00

Glassy beer bottle popsicles at the party
And an orange, pink purple panty-hose on the ceiling
People passeed out on the floor all around
In the middle of a coffee table set by the wall
Sits an off color angel just returned from a fall
She says "Things are not what they seem
"Things are not what they seem."

Tundra-faced copy-catters crawl to the light
They pray this day will treat them better than did last night
Then they trade their porcelain gods for a nonchalant nod
As the off color angel makes her way to the door
All she wanted was a good time but she feels like a whore
She says "Things are not what they seem
Things are not what they seem."

(Spoken)
So the off color angel makes her way quietly from the house
She gets into her car and looks into the rearview mirror
So she can pull out of her parking place
But all she sees is her face
She's startled by the reflection
It looks just like her
Cigarette ash skin and sunken hollow eyes
Earthworms eat their way through to her soul
She blinks and they're gone
Replaced by strands of matted hair
But she knows she wasn't wrong
Things are not what they seem

Glassy beer bottle popsicles at the party
And an orange, pink, purple panty-hose on the ceiling
People passed out on the floor all around
Off color angel
Things are not what they seem
Things are not what they seem

SOLO

IS THE POT OKAY?

2006-02-05T20:20:00.000-08:00

I trundled through the kitchen with a spear in my spine
Swept my arms about me dizzy, screamed in pain, ripped apart
The Farberware cut the air like butter and fear
Overwhelmed me as I heard her cry through Dewar’s and beer

Is the pot okay? Is the pot okay? Is the pot okay?
Is the pot okay? Is the pot okay? Is the pot okay?

I laid out on the floor between a kettle and baked beans
And I popped a naxopren and some cyclobenzaprene
I moaned aloud and threw a sprig of parsley ‘gainst the wall
And it sprinkled on my spasms as I heard a plaintive call

Is the pot okay? Is the pot okay? Is the pot okay?
Is the pot okay? Is the pot okay? Is the pot okay?

My mind all numb and sticky gum, she flip-flopped angrily
To the saucer spilled of saucy sauces laying by my feet
She chided me my anger, said I needed therapy
Then she called a friend named Fred who asked her confidentially

Is the pot okay? Is the pot okay? Is the pot okay?
Is the pot okay? Is the pot okay? Is the pot okay?

DANGER GAME

2006-02-04T20:18:00.000-08:00

Place a name on the forehead
And I’ll try to guess the one that I am.
Am I smart? Am I fun?
Am I sexy? Am I just the
One you want to know?

CHORUS
I wanna know
I wanna know you
You’re the wish. You’re the myth
Spoken of by poets, fools and martyrs.

In a metaphor game,
In a culinary way what am I?
Am I tasty? Am I sweet?
I’d like to be the cherry on top
Of your Sunday treat.

CHORUS

BRIDGE
I hung from windows, burned a hand
Licked a boot, ate a sock
Even walked on bottle tops for you
But I never won the Danger Game
Till I jumped from my heart on to yours.

CHORUS
CHORUS

BRIDGE (instrumental)

I took a name from a hat
Put it back ‘cuz it was not the right one.
Picked again and again
‘Cuz I couldn’t rest until I’d
Found the one I love

CHORUS

BRIDGE

CHORUS
CHORUS

SPLIT-ROCK SYMPHONY

2006-02-03T20:17:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NYPHOMANIAC

2006-01-30T20:13:00.000-08:00

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

2006-01-30T20:12:00.000-08:00

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

2006-01-30T20:11:00.000-08:00

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

2006-01-30T20:10:00.000-08:00

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

2006-01-30T20:08:00.000-08:00

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

2006-01-30T20:01:00.000-08:00

THE AUTHORITIES ARE UNHAPPY

2006-01-30T19:59:00.001-08:00

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

2006-01-30T19:59:00.000-08:00

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

2006-01-30T19:55:00.000-08:00

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

2006-01-30T19:29:00.000-08:00

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

2006-01-30T19:28:00.000-08:00

SO-SO PSYCHO

2006-01-30T19:04:00.000-08:00

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

2006-01-30T19:03:00.000-08:00

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

2006-01-30T19:02:00.000-08:00

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

2006-01-30T18:38:00.000-08:00

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

2006-01-30T18:37:00.000-08:00

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

2006-01-30T18:36:00.001-08:00

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

2006-01-30T18:36:00.000-08:00

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

2006-01-30T18:35:00.000-08:00

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

2006-01-30T18:34:00.000-08:00

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

2006-01-30T18:04:00.000-08:00

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

LIE AWAY

2006-01-27T17:29:00.000-08:00

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

2006-01-27T17:26:00.000-08:00

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

2006-01-27T17:25:00.000-08:00

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

2006-01-27T17:02:00.000-08:00

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

2006-01-27T16:59:00.000-08:00

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

2006-01-27T16:58:00.001-08:00

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

2006-01-27T16:58:00.000-08:00

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

COFFEE MAN

2006-01-22T19:53:00.000-08:00

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.”

FALSE PROPHET

2006-01-21T19:52:00.000-08:00

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

SLY SNAKE

2006-01-20T19:50:00.000-08:00

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

ASPHRODEL EYE

2006-01-19T19:49:00.000-08:00

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...

PICTURE OF THE SKY

2006-01-18T19:47:00.000-08:00

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

BROTHER ON HOUSTON & C

2006-01-17T19:46:00.000-08:00

"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!

DEMOCRACY OF TOUCH

2006-01-16T19:45:00.000-08:00

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

LET'S NOT PLAY THE GAMES

2005-12-27T16:57:00.000-08:00

We said we'd never play the games
We saw the other people play
A power struggle or
A clash of wills maybe
Well tonight I think that I saw us
Doing things we said that we would not
Let's not make that mistake
Please before it's too late

CHORUS
Oh, Lisa let's not play the games, I need you oh so much
Right now the time is short for us and we must make the most
Of our time togther
There is no forever

I dreamed I saw a dying man
He gestured to me with his hand
I came close so that I could hear
The wisdom of his years

He said when we say we live and learn it's just another way
To say that somebody messed up and I did I know that
I only did my best and trusted good luck for the rest

And to live and learn is fine except we often find
That we have long since past our prime -
That we have run out of time

It's so easy to misconceive each other's actions as misdeeds
There's only right and wrong, there is no compromise
And that's the big mistake we make
We forget about the give and take
The winner takes it all
The loser can take a fall

CHORUS

CHORUS

ALONE IN A CROWD

2005-12-26T16:55:00.000-08:00

BRIDGE
All alone in a crowd
Under a misty shroud
Like teardrops in my eye
But I never, never can cry

Help me please, help me out
What is it all about?
I need to know right now, right now

I am so confused I know
I need to laugh, I need to cry
I need to cry but I don't know how

CHORUS
Look at me, look about
All the people yell and shout
But they don't know why, don't try
To understand
Help me cry
I need to cry

I am lost, I am found
I am going round and round
But I never make a sound

Go away, no, come to me
Can't you see, Can't you please
See that I'm so lonely

CHORUS

BRIDGE

BUBBLEHEAD

2005-12-25T16:54:00.000-08:00

There she is
There she goes
Weall see her but nobody knows
How you can be such a bubblehead
Without floating far far away
Away
Away

She walks by
Her head's in the sky
She giggles a little, then she says hello
Then she says "Don't you think I'll be
The prom queen this year you will see
You'll see
I'll be

CHORUS
La La La La La La
La La La La La La
La La La La La La La La

Then she wanders away
Nothing more to say
Till a jock/stud/dude saunters her way
Sayin' "Hey, Baby let's get it on"
In a second they are both gone

She's so happy and gay
Maybe one day
Someone will take a pin and stick it in
Then POP will go the bubblehead
And nothing will be there but air
Was there ever more?

CHORUS

CHORUS

LAY DOWN YOUR LIFE

2005-12-24T16:53:00.000-08:00

You say you love me, then you do as I say
Otherwise you will lose me today
Lay down your life for me (she said)
Lay down your life for me

Yes, I love you
But I can't do as you say
I need you so much, but I can't do as you say
Lay down my life for you (I can't)
Lay down my life for you

CHORUS
The days will go slowly for quite a long time
But I will recover and I know I will know
I did the right thing
For if I hadn't
My life would have slowly been sucked away

If you could give half as much as you take
Then I could, but I wouldn't have to
Lay down my life for you (you wouldn't want me to)
Lay down my life for you

CHORUS

Lay down your life for me!
Lay down your life for me!
Lay down your life for me (Did you hear me?)
Lay down your life for me...

THE USER

2005-12-23T16:52:00.000-08:00

He stands on the corner in an old beat up coat
He holds a cigarette but he doesn't even smoke

His vacant eyes stare, people pass all around
But he doesn't look - he just hangs his head down

The people who once knew him seem quite surprised
A good boy he was, just one of the guys
But he drifted away - they never knew why
Now he walks the street and desperate he cries

For a long shiny needle and a place all alone
Where noone can watch and noone can know

He needs what he gets but it gets him nowhere
As long as he's high, though, he seems not to care
He lives his whole life now for just one more fix
Oh what a shame 'cause he's just twenty-six!

And a long shiny needle and a place all alone
Where noone can watch and noone can know
Takes the place of all of his friends and family
They miss him so much and wonder where he could be

And the User he runs in the dark of the night
Hoping to find somewhere the meaning of life
And so he does what he does, but don't ask him why
Sometimes he knows, though, he flies oh so high!

(Thank God) For a long shiny needle and a place all alone
Where noone can watch and noone can know
Yes, a long shiny needle and a place all alone
Where noone can watch and know one can know

ALPINE LULLABY

2005-12-22T16:51:00.000-08:00

Close your eyes and think of a place far, far away
It's gonna be all right - let me take you there

CHORUS
So let me sing you an Alpine Lullaby
Close your eyes, give a gentle sigh
Let me sing you that lullaby
And you can dream of that far land

Through the hazy mist the mountain rose and you were by my side
As we laid there on the slope you were my joy you were my pride
And I swore right then and there
That I'd never let you go
And to this day I've been forever true

So far away, so far away, oasis in our lives
No greed, no need to fight for life - no spies, no lies, no cries
Of foul or dirty play that are so common all around
The price we pay for this great modern world

CHORUS

Oh the days we spent there were so fine we thought they'd never end
But end they did and once again in this real world we have to fend
For the very hearts and souls that made that Alpine holiday
So special that I sing this song to you

CHORUS
CHORUS

PRIVATE HELL

2005-12-21T16:47:00.000-08:00

Can't seem to be able to get to sleep tonight
I've got a lot of thoughts running through my mind tonight
Thinkin' 'bout way back when
And I'm not gonna pretend
That it doesn't hurt.

Well, you can't live your life in the past, I know that
But still the pain remains and from it's grip I can't escape
Holding me way back when
And I'm not gonna pretend

CHORUS
That I can forgive and forget and let it all go
And never hate again
I can't forgive and forget and let it all go
God I wish I could
If I could I would
Life would seem so easy
But it's not easy at all
When you're livin' in a private hell

Four years and nine months of my life you took away
Even in Iran it was only one year ninety days
The hell that they went through
The hell that I went through
(Don't you see) I can't forgive and forget and let it all go -
God I wish I could
If I could I would
Life would seem so easy
But it's not easy at all
When you're livin' in a private hell

Well now it's two-thirty in the morning and I'm tossing and I'm turning
A thousand painful pictures flash right before me
I try to look away
But the Goddamned images stay

CHORUS

CHORUS

MEMORIES WILL GET YOU NOWHERE

2005-12-20T16:46:00.000-08:00

Once I thought
I knew what life was all about
Attaching meaningless ideals
I did not know
It was all a joke

I'm not mad
It's just that I have truly seen
Things I thought were so important
For what they are
Cruel illusions

CHORUS
So on through time and space we go
What's happened before it doesn't matter now
The present counts and nothing else
For memories will get you nowhere
For memories will get you nowhere

Now I go
Through this world day by day
Never wanting never needing
Things I know
Will just disappear

CHORUS

I've been hurt
I hope you can understand
You see a shooting star can not stop
It must go on - on no matter what

CHORUS

CHORUS

ALL NIGHT BLUES

2005-12-19T16:45:00.000-08:00

Sittin' on the edge
I sit here almost dead
And I'm a rockin' and a shakin'
I'd like to sleep instead

The faces stare out blankly
Tryin' to comprehend
What the hell's he talkin' 'bout
My mind he's tryin' to bend

CHORUS
I got the all night blues and I think you know
Just exactly what I mean
And I bet you wish you didn't
But I got the all night blues and I will
Sit here just the same
A rockin' and a shakin'
My mind just tryin' to tame

I wish that he would stop
Or that I could make him drop
His words pierce right through my brain
They'll make me go insane

So as I sit here now
I shiver and I quake
I'm tryin' my goddamned hardest
Just to stay awake!

CHORUS

I got the all night blues and I will
Sit here all the same
A rockin' and a shakin'
My mind just tryin' to tame

K-TELISH CASTAWAYS

2005-12-18T17:04:00.000-08:00

Warning: The following lyrics may represent a danger to finely tuned aesthetic sensibilities. Many sound better when sung, but not all. Some are simply bad.

IN FAIRYTALES

They say that it doesn't happen
They say that it's just a myth
It just does not exist
At least in 1986

Truelove may once have been
But now it's quite passe'
Cinderellas and princesses
Are best left for another day

CHORUS
In fairytales love never fails
In fairytales love never fails
To win out in the end
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh

And the critics will never find true love
Yourself you cannot deceive
A self-fulfilling prophecy
'Cause you can't find what you don't believe

REPEAT VERSES 1 & 3

So live your life a fairytale
It's up to you to make it true
In fairytales love never fails to win out in the end
In fairytales love never fails to win out in the end

HUNGRY CHILD

We call ourselves civilized
A progressive nation of the humanist kind
Yet we ignore the pain and the cries
Of a dying world of the human kind

Paying farmers not to grow crops
We fill all our groceries and all of our shops
Meanwhile elsewhere rivers run dry
It's not a myth that starving people can die

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So we pass through this world, maybe one day
We will realize
That for all that we've done
The hungry child still cries
The hungry child still cries

It's really not a matter of money
We have the resources the ability
To produce enough food on our farms
But we would rather produce nuclear arms!

CHORUS
CHORUS

Come back - to me
I need you - so badly
And I miss you madly

Well, I know - it has to
Be this way - still I want you
And I want to hold you

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And I'm sick of these damned love songs
There's nothing they can do
Syrup sentimentality
Won't bring me back to you

COME BACK
Come back - I tell you
Once again
Why do I - even bother
It's so obvious -
I need you and you need me. Together we were meant to be
We fit together so readily La da da da da da da dada
Come back -
I hate to be this way, I'd rather not beg today Oh Oh Oh!
So, come back!
Come back!
Baby, come back!

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And I'm sick of these damned love songs
There's nothing they can do!
No, there's nothing that a song can do
To bring me back to you
No, there's nothing that a song can do
To bring me back to you

WHEELS OF PROGRESS

Well you know what it's all about
Talk about
Modern world of which you are so proud
But what have we become
Always on the run

Well this world is a messed up place
I know
That there must be a better way
Than blocking out the sun
Bad air for everyone

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Wheels of progress keep us moving on
So what if all the trees have been cut down?
Look around! - and see

River flows and the green grass grows
Too caught up
In what we'd like to call humanity
And as we move along
We always sing the song

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Look around! Look around! - and see
Just see
Just see

KEY TO LIFE

Everyone that I've been talking to
Wonders 'bout the key to life
Ponderous questions that can't be answered
When will we ever learn

That the key to life is not to look
For the key to life at all
Live, let live, just go with the flow
Take it easy. Stay cool. Stay calm

Too many uptight people
Worry their lives away (they say)
There's got to be more to this world!
(I say) What you see is what you get

Too many misled people
Wastin' away their lives
Lookin' for something that just isn't there -
Create so much confusion and despair

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And the key to life is not to look for it
And the key to life is just to live your life
'Cause soon enough we'll all be dead anyhow

REPEAT FIRST TWO VERSES

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RUNNING AWAY

Running away
Running away
It's so easy, so easy to run away

Drifting away
Drifting away
So many, so many people try to find a way

To hide in their own little world
To forget about the real world
Oh, but is that really so bad?
Tell me, is that really so bad?

High in the air
Without a care
The world below seems to be a little bare

Of love and laughter, compassion and care
Maybe it wouldn't be if we were all there
And the cycle it continues on
It continues on and on and on...

Twenty-one Jews in temple killed in Instanbul
A killer stalks the street while thirty-eight watch to see
A child prodigy dies 'cause we're too busily
Making money off her
Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

And so many, so many people try to find a way
Yes, so many, so many people try to find a way
To hide in their own little world
To forget about the real world
Oh, but is that really so bad?
Tell me, is that really so bad?
And the cycle it continues on
It continues on and on and on

EVERY SINGLE DAY

I see you flash before my eyes
Every single day
Then I reach to touch you but you're not there
Every single day
Yes, every single day
Missing not one
Yes, every single day
And nowhere to run

We walked and talked and we laughed a lot
Every single day
We walked and talked and we laughed a lot
Every single day
But now it's all over
I don't know what to do
I feel so alone now
That I'm not with you

We were so happy or so I thought
Every single day
And I used to say to her
Every single day
Whoever said love hurts
I pity them
Yes, whoever said love hurts
I pity them

BRIDGE
La la la la la la la la la la la, etc.

We were so happy or so I thought
But she left me one day
I cried and cried till I couldn't cry
Every single day
Whoever said love hurts
I am with them
Yes, whoever says love hurt
Now I am with them

TO KILL ANOTHER MAN

I can never hold you near
Without the memory of his face
His eyes behind those dark sunglasses
A sad smile just a trace

CHORUS
To kill another man
You do not need a knife
Your actions and your words
Can just as easily take his life

He stood there before me
What he wanted I could not see
Then he reached his hand into his bookbag
A teddy bear he handed me

"There is nothing I can do
So to her this bear please give
I can never see her ever again
I have no more reason to live."

CHORUS

In a moment he was gone
I blankly sat upon my bed
I knew why he'd never see her ever again
I knew that he'd be dead

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CHORUS

SINGIN' SONGS TO THE WALLS

I sit here all alone in my room on the bed
And I don't know what to do, I just know that I love you
So I sit here all alone in my room on the bed
Singin' songs to the walls
The walls that I know

CHORUS
And I wish that you could see
What our love was meant to be
'Cause I don't know how to tell you how I feel

So when I sit here all alone in my room on the bed
I think of what to do, how to tell you I love you
But I don't know what to say, so I sit here all alone
Singin' songs to the walls, the walls that I know

CHORUS

All alone in the dark in my room on the bed
I sing this song to you and every word of it is true
But you're not here to hear it so I sit here all alone
Singin' songs to the walls, the walls that I know

CHORUS

So I sit here all alone
And I am singin' songs to the walls
Hopin' that the walls will somehow tell you
What they know

SHOOTING STAR
In the darkness and the calm
We stood outside and watched above
And then that sight we saw
I remember it so well
From heaven it fell

CHORUS
(Oh and I'm talkin' 'bout)
That shooting star
I say it looked so far
Up in the sky, it was up so high
Together we stared and together we shared
I remember that night
It felt so right

It was special and we felt so close
The magic of that shooting star
It brought us all together
Oh we were so amazed
When through the night it blazed

BRIDGE
That golden glttering object
Embodied all our dreams
Our visions and our goals
As through the mind they stream

CHORUS

And only time can truly tell us
If that night was a beginning
The night an angel got it's wings
Or just a fairytale
A feeling soon to sail

BRIDGE 2
For ten tears or even sooner
The friendships may have passed
Still the magic of that night
Will forever last

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#01 DREAMS COME TRUE - 1985

They all told me that I couldn't
But I never gave up
And I never let down
And through my trials and hardships
I kept my feet on the ground

So you really just can't forget your dreams
Else you are your biggest foe
"Cause you will never know
If what you're doing is real
You will have nothing to show

CHORUS
'Cause day after day we go on
Pursuing our dreams
And I know it must seem
A bit funny
But dreams come true
You know they do
Yes, dreams come true
You know they do

Now let me just say this to you friend
You've got to give it a shot
You've got to care a whole lot
And then your dreams just might come-
True believe it or not

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And never let one tell you differently
'Cause you'll find all around
That cynics abound
But if you look real close you'll see that they're all
The ones afraid to take a fall
They'd rather stoop down
Than dare to stand tall

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