If I may begin for you
The I will slowly sink into my mind
And leave you all behind
If I may appeal to you
And I can make it real to you
Its horrible and true
And unkind
Distant lost and lazy feeling
Smiling eyes and hope concealing
Everything that lies beneath my skin
Tired spent and lazy feeling
Smiling eyes and hope concealing
Everything that hides away within
And there’s hope behind the pain
And the sun will rise above the rain
And I won’t live in vein
And nothing’s right about it
No reason left to doubt it
And the world is quiet
And the wrong will answer to the riot
And I will last the night
And nothing’s right about it
No reason left to doubt it
I listened to you shout it all out loud...

I Owe You

I want to be the one you’re glad to see you’re glad to run to
I want to be the one you’re glad to know you’re glad to come to
They all believe, they deceive, and so they grieve
They all adore, they ignore, and so they distort
I wish that I was something that you could agree with, strangely
I wish that I was something, anything that mattered, plainly
They all believe, they deceive, and so they grieve
They all adore, they ignore, and so they distort
Oh what do you do?
I think that I got lost
Oh what do you do
When this is not enough?
This is nothing new
I’ve been though this before
This I’ve suffered through
And now I’m back for more
And I owe you nothing
But I owe you everything
And I owe you nothing
But I, but I owe you everything
If I was a mistake I hope that I’m the kind you laugh at
If I was a relief I hope that you never regret that
They all believe, they deceive, and so they grieve
They all adore, they ignore, and so they distort
Oh what do you do?
I think that I got lost
Oh what do you do
When this is not enough?
This is nothing new
I’ve been though this before
This I’ve suffered through
And now I’m back for more
And I owe you nothing
But I owe you everything
And I owe you nothing
But I, but I owe you everything

Come Around

She says she’ll come around
And I’ve been feeling down
I’m sorry if that makes you upset she says
“I’m so afraid of you
You make me feel confused
I’m sorry if that makes you a wreck,” she says
And then I said,
“Son of a bitch
Where did it go?
And what is this
That we’ve been living for?
I’m such a dick?
You’re such a doll?
So come around
We’ll work it out somehow
We can figure it out
We’ll work it out somehow...”
She calls me and she says
That she has regrets
And says sometimes she feels I’m avoiding her
She says she wants it back
She wants to make a pact
Despite the fact that I’m still annoying her
And then I said,
“Son of a bitch
How did it go
From happiness
To feeling oh so low?
I can’t forget
I can not solve
So this is it
And nothing is resolved
She won’t come around
And every thing’s unsound

Simple Life

Well alright, okay
I guess we both got nothing to say
I guess we’re both just a bit afraid
I guess we’ve both seen better days
Well okay, alright
I guess we’re both just a bit uptight
I guess that I’ll just take a hike
So you can find your so-called paradise
And I’ll go off to California
And you can lead your simple life
But I won’t be the first to warn ya
I ain’t gonna be alright
No, no- I ain’t gonna be alright
Well alright, okay
I guess we both got nothing to say
And me I’m just ashamed
About you and I and the mess we made
Well okay, alright
I guess we’re both just a bit uptight
I guess we’ll never reunite
But I won’t fall without a fight
No, no- I won’t fall without a fight
And I’ll go off to California
And you can lead your simple life
But I won’t be the first to warn ya
I ain’t gonna be alright
No, no- I ain’t gonna be alright
No, no- I ain’t gonna be alright
No way, bitch
I ain’t gonna be alright

Burden

Are you an angel or a crooked valentine?
Are you a dream or are you easy to define?
Are you a blessing or a curse? I can’t decide
Are you a feeling that’s impossible to hide?
Am I a coward or a burden on your soul?
Am I afraid of something that I can’t control?
And do I understand or am I just a fool about this all?
And I wish that I could touch you or even look into your eyes
And I wish that I could have you and we could never say goodbye
And I wish that I could tell you or you could catch me by surprise
Do you wait for me?
Do you wait for me?
And do you listen or do you turn away?
And do you hear or understand a word I say?
Do you accept it or do you let it fall astray?
Do I feel sorry for what I have done to you?
Do I feel sorry for seeing myself through?
Do I feel sorry for being clearly true to you?
And I wish that I could touch you or even look into your eyes
And I wish that I could have you and we could never say goodbye
And I wish that I could tell you or you could catch me by surprise
Do you wait for me?
Do you wait for me?
Do you wait for me?
Do you wait for me?

Innocence Is Gone

Make me a promise
Tell me another lie and
All I have is Jesus and a prayer
Doubt me like Thomas
There’s no need to comply
And evil is the only thing that’s fair
Evil lurks within me and I laugh
Jesus lurks within me and I cry
Suffer and eternity, yeah
First I burn and then I die
This is the hell that I’ve been knowing
Since a pure and tender age
This is the hell that I have witnessed
Only I can’t turn away
This is my life and I’ve been suffering
The years all turn to black
And my innocence is gone
And I don’t even want it back
Pray for forgiveness
Pay for your sins with pain and
All I know is anger and delay
Where do you find bliss
When heaven is far away
Well who believes in heaven anyway?
Evil lurks within me and I laugh
Jesus lurks within me and I cry
Suffer and eternity, yeah
First I burn and then I die
This is the hell that I’ve been knowing
Since a pure and tender age
This is the hell that I have witnessed
Only I can’t turn away
This is my life and I’ve been suffering
The years all turn to black
And my innocence is gone
And I don’t even want it back

Dream Again

You tried to save me
You tried to make me pure
I don’t know you
I don’t own you
And I’m a little bit unsure
You gave me something
You asked for something else
I don’t know you
I don’t love you
Any more than my self
But if we could dream again
All over again
Dream again
All over and then if you think
You’re life is hard
Try walking in my shoes
In my shoes
In my shoes
In my shoes
You gave me something
You wouldn’t take it back
And now I spend my days and nights just
Trying to get on track
So I stand rejected
And so I loose my mind
But all the envy in the world
Would never make you mine
But if we could dream again
All over again
Dream again
All over and then if you think
You’re life is hard
Try walking in my shoes
In my shoes
In my shoes
In my shoes

Run Away

Lost in the fog of now or never
Stuck in a dream of yesterday
Here on the brink of forever
Standing up straight and flying away
Still I find you here
Looking so sincere
Still you stay with me
Out of your own greed
There’s no need to
Run away, away, away
No need to run
Away, away, away
No need to run
Away, away, away
No need to run
Away, away, away
And I can’t get over you
No I can’t get over you
And I won’t get over you
And I don’t, no I don’t
Want to
Looking out straight and looking away
Still you strive to be the same
Feeling like they all put you away
Remember when yesterday was today?
Still I find you here
Looking so sincere
Still you stay with me
Out of your own greed
There’s no need to
Run away, away, away
No need to run
Away, away, away
No need to run
Away, away, away
No need to run
Away, away, away
And I can’t get over you
No I can’t get over you
And I won’t get over you
And I don’t, no I don’t
Want to

Jane

Tell me once and tell me twice but
You’ll get no attention
Tell me wrong and tell me right and
Tell me my intentions
Make me break me throw me away
It’s easier to hide it
Catch the point and go away
‘Cause I know how to fight it
Grew up too fast
Pleasure and paid
A little fucked up
A little insane
Don’t let me stand
Alone in the rain
Hold my hand now
Mother Jane
Truth to tell I’ve been to hell and
Back before I noticed
So I fell no soul to sell
No heart no hands and two fists
Function fails and pain prevails and
Life is getting harder
Look at me and tell me now that
I’m not getting smarter, smarter
Grew up too fast
Pleasure and paid
A little fucked up
A little insane
Don’t let me stand
Alone in the rain
Hold my hand now
Hold my hand now
Hold my hand now
Hold my hand now
Mother Jane

Cry Out

Beautiful is a state of envy
I want whatever you can give me
Say what you mean and don’t be friendly
Take what you want and never gently
I want to take what’s mine and hold it
I want the world and all that bullshit
And just as sure as patience pains me
Confusion and my delusions make me
Cry out, cry out
Cry out, cry out
Cry out, cry out
Cry out, cry out
I’m in the here and now and nowhere
Here in my bedroom, here in my chair
Give me a hit and I’ll start sinking
Deliver me from the pain of thinking
I’ll never give you my attention
Just let me borrow yours a second
Confessions, depression, hope, and hell lie
I wait ‘til no one can hear me and I
Cry out, cry out
Cry out, cry out
Cry out, cry out
Cry out, cry out
Cry out, cry out
Cry out, cry out
Cry out, cry out

Cruel

You’re so cruel my darling
You’re so cool my dear
And the point you’re ignoring
Is the truth that you fear
Such a sad pretense
Such a sad joke
You put up your defense
And cut off my rope
Leaving you ain’t easy
Loving you is a crime
So you say you want to see me
And I say you’re blind
Same old lies
Same dumb hope
You give me your heart and cut out my throat
Same old lies
Same dumb hope
You give me your heart and cut out my throat

LOSS TIME ACCIDENT

Waste

Fake- you fake until you break
You never get enough
Call your bluff
Hate- you hate what you can’t make
You always fuck it up
Call your bluff
Always such a pointless practice
Always try to do the best you can
But nothing grand
Always want to feel the missing
Pieces of your life you could not stand
Fall through your hands
And it’s a waste of breath
Too many sins to confess
It’s a waste of time
To look for answers you’ll never find
Take- the things you could not make
The one that got away
And throw her away
Say the things you meant to say
That got away from you
Tried and true
Disappointed and defeated
Helplessly incomplete and lost
At greater cost
Everybody knows your game
They’ll foil you with merciless neglect
What did you expect?
And it’s a waste of breath
Too many sins to confess
It’s a waste of time
To look for answers you’ll never find
It’s a waste of breath
If this is love
I’m not impressed
And it’s a waste of time
To look for answers you’ll never find

Last Word

She got a brand new apartment somewhere and
She bought herself an hour drive
She would come by and we both would get high
And do anything to feel alive
She acted scared when I said I don’t care
If I live tomorrow or if I die
She should have believed me
I know she agreed when she
Left me there hung out to dry
I don’t care if every day was grey or Kodachrome
I don’t care if she’s not there at night when I get home
I don’t care and I’m not scared to die young and alone
I don’t care that I could never make it on my own
Every day begins the same you wake up with your head on fire
Every night you wonder why you stay up late and say you’re tired
Every evening I can hear you say you love me
But you’re a liar
Every night you think that I can hear you cry yourself to sleep
And pray the Lord your soul to keep and
If you die before you wake
You’ll never bleed or bruise or break
I got the last word
I don’t know what to say
So how’s the weather?
So what’s your middle name?
She fell in love with a push and a shove
But she never had a broken heart
She was a bit of a cold hearted bitch
But it heard he when we split apart
She ran away when I started to say that
I had to be a better man
She said “Be who you are”
And she got in her car and then
Made extended travel plans
I don’t care if every day was grey or Kodachrome
I don’t care if she’s not there at night when I get home
I don’t care and I’m not scared to die young and alone
I don’t care that I could never make it on my own
Every day begins the same you wake up with your head on fire
Every night you wonder why you stay up late and say you’re tired
Every evening I can hear you say you love me
But you’re a liar
Every night you think that I can hear you cry yourself to sleep
And pray the Lord your soul to keep and
If you die before you wake
You’ll never bleed or bruise or break
I got the last word
I don’t know what to say
So how’s the weather?
So what’s your middle name?
I got the last word
I don’t know what to say
So how’s the weather?
So what’s your middle name?

Smoke And Mirrors

Take a breath
Hold it in
This is how it all begins
Hide your face
Scar your skin
This is how it all begins
Its easy to hurt me
Ashes to dust in the wind
Its easy to hurt me
We live through the dirt we’re buried in
Smoke and mirrors and it
Disappears and you
Find your way through your mind
Smoke and mirrors and it
Reappears and you
Find no change over time
Make or break
This is it
This is how the game is played
Faces fade
And people change
But the pain remains the same
Its easy to hurt me
We live through the dirt we’re buried in
Smoke and mirrors and it
Disappears and you
Find your way through your mind
Smoke and mirrors and it
Reappears and you
Find no change over time
Smoke and mirrors and it
Disappears and you
Find your way through your mind
Smoke and mirrors and it
Reappears and you
Find no change over time

Under The Outside

(This is a mic check)

What you feel is never real
It never makes any sense
What you think is not in sync with
The past or present tense
You’re always driving in the wrong gear
And crashing your car
Always screaming into deaf ears
As you play your guitar
And you don’t expect the world to ever
Know who you are
So you stop and start over again
Always running down under the outside
Always wondering how you’re getting inside
Time is running out under the outside
Everything you do is wrong
Everything you do is wrong
What you do leaves you black and blue
And you’re broken into pieces now
You have seen and you have been
Almost everywhere that isn’t allowed
You’re always fighting for the bad guy
And waiting your turn
And you’ve been broken into pieces now
You’re always cashing in a raincheck
You bleed yourself dry
But you stay alive no matter how hard you try
So you stop and start over again
Always running down under the outside
Always wondering how you’re getting inside
Time is running out under the outside
Everything you do is wrong
Everything you do is wrong
I will make myself be kind
As I run away from you
I will stay until I find
Something easier to do
So you stop and start over again
Always running down under the outside
Always wondering how you’re getting inside
Time is running out under the outside
Everything you do is wrong
Everything you do is wrong

(This is a mic check)

Shadows Follow You

I want to take you to a dark place
Where you could never see my bad face
And you could never see the disgrace in my eyes
I’m sick of everything I live for
I’m sick of always being unsure
I’m sick of everything it means to you
You never seem to hear the truth
So here we are in the dark
Where its cold and lonely
So here we are in the dark
Where its old and only you
Can’t seem to find a place to hide
From thoughts of love and suicide
And when it goes away sometimes
The shadows follow you behind
I want to give you some protection
From what you see in your reflection
And help you see beyond your self-distorted mind
I want to help you but I don’t care
I want to kill you but its not fair
I’m sick of everything you mean to me
And everything you’ll never be
So here we are in the dark
Where its old and only you
Can’t seem to find a place to hide
From thoughts of love and suicide
And when it goes away sometimes
The shadows follow you behind

Fuel For Disease

She’s making her promise
Taking her time with me
And I’m such a novice
She almost made me believe
That love could be easy
And I could be a better man
But she couldn’t teach me
What she didn’t understand
Please- what was I thinking of?
I could never have been in love
With her or someone else
But I’ll never hate her like I hate myself
Sweet like nicotine
Me killing me
Just what I need
Fuel for disease
Truth makes less sense than fiction
And constant contradiction
Always brings me pain
Upon it’s arrival
Fighting for survival
And ending up insane
She knows she’s forgiven
For every inhumane mistake
She never admitted
There’s nothing left for her to break
She’s smiling in silence
Thinking of what to say
That would take our alliance
And blow it all away
And I was trying to repair
What was never there in the first place
Two dead roses in a broken vase
Sweet like nicotine
Me killing me
Just what I need
Fuel for disease
Truth makes less sense than fiction
And constant contradiction
Always brings me pain
Upon it’s arrival
Fighting for survival
And ending up insane
Truth makes less sense than fiction
And constant contradiction
Always brings me pain
Upon it’s arrival
Fighting for survival
And ending up insane

Sixth Street

Stuck in a bad dream
Caught in the high beams of city steets
Over my shoulder somebody older was after me
Shadows from sunlight over the city that never sleeps
Through crowds of people and smoke from the street
You were easy to see
And I could hear you calling out to me down at
Sixth and Thirty Four
We were looking for a place to be that we’d
Never been before
And after everything you’ve given me
You always leave me wanting more
Save it for another rainy day down at
Sixth and Third and Sixth and Thirty Four
Tunnel construction
Which way did I come from and
How do I leave?
Wrong ways and one lanes
Ghettos and A-Trains for scenery
Took highway nine and
Behind me a skyline I
Thought I’d never see
Waving goodbye and I know that I’ll see you
In my sleep
And I could hear you calling out to me down at
Sixth and Thirty Four
We were looking for a place to be that we’d
Never been before
And after everything you’ve given me
You always leave me wanting more
Save it for another rainy day down at
Sixth and Third but if
I found another place and time
And if I had to never say goodbye
I would never be hurtful or unkind
I would never want to know when or why
And I could hear you calling out to me down at
Sixth and Thirty Four
We were looking for a place to be that we’d
Never been before
And after everything you’ve given me
You always leave me wanting more
Save it for another rainy day down at
Sixth and Third and Sixth and Thirty Four

We’ve Seen Everything

We tried to get this far
We died like superstars
We’ve been through the years
We’ve seen the face of fear
We’ve seen everything
We know everything
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Everything
But we can’t show anything
We took the time we had
We took the good and bad
We lost dignity
We gained misery
We’ve seen everything
We know everything
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Everything
But we can’t show anything
Save my mistakes
For apologies I’ll never make
Save my mistakes
For the chances that I’ll never take
Would you carry me?
Or would you bury me?
Would you carry me?
Or would you bury me?
We’ve seen everything
We know everything
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Everything
But we can’t show anything

Always The Same

I thought I’d write you a love letter you’ll never read
I spoke your name I heard your voice and fell to my knees
I broke the phone at home alone so that it didn’t have to ring
I waited all damn winter long to hear the birds come home and sing
And it’s always the same everyday
Oh no, nothing changes
And it’s always the same everyday
Oh no, nothing changes
And it’s always the same everyday
Oh no, nothing changes
And it’s always the same everyday
Oh no, nothing changes
I want to shield you from the pain you showed me how to find
I want to give you my love and leave my hate behind
I want to tell you everything that I’m afraid to say
I want to hold you want to know you want to never go away
And it’s always the same everyday
Oh no, nothing changes
And it’s always the same everyday
Oh no, nothing changes
And it’s always the same everyday
Oh no, nothing changes
And it’s always the same everyday
Oh no, nothing changes
Nothing hurts me
Nothing helps me
Nothing else matters anymore
There’s nobody better
And if I get her
I’ll never let her go
And it’s always the same everyday
Oh no, nothing changes
And it’s always the same everyday
Oh no, nothing changes
And it’s always the same everyday
Oh no, nothing changes
And it’s always the same everyday
Oh no, nothing changes

Lay You Down

It’s been a hundred years
Since all your tears began to fall
Not your fault
It’s been a long, long time
Since you could find the reasons why
But you’ll be fine
Lay you down, sleepy child
Lay you down, sleepy child
Lay you down, sleepy child
Lay you down, sleepy child
It’s been a million times
That you have tried and given up
You’re still tough
Lay you down, sleepy child
Lay you down, sleepy child
Lay you down, sleepy child
Lay you down, sleepy child
It’s been a long, long day
And you’ve had plenty to regret
But you’ll forget
It’s been a long, long day
And you’ve had plenty to regret
But you’ll forget

SO MUCH COMMOTION

Drop Out

She’s a good girl, good girl
Never pays the rent
She’s a good girl, good girl
Never makes the bed
So its give a little, take a lot and I’ll
Give you everything I’ve got
Until my skin begins to rot
If that would be enough
So I drop out, drop down
And everyone’s my friend
And I drop out, drop down
And every one pretends to know me
Long enough to make me lonely
You know I’m gonna get me some
On the next one...
It’s the right time, right time
To give me what I want
It’s the right time, right time
To give me what you got
So its give a little, take a lot and I’ll
Give you everything I’ve got
Until my skin begins to rot
If that would be enough
So I drop out, drop down
And everyone’s my friend
And I drop out, drop down
And every one pretends to know me
Long enough to make me lonely
You know I’m gonna get me some
On the next one...
On the next one...

Blue Violets

Nobody needs you baby like I do
Nobody knows your beauty like I do
And its amazing how I miss your kiss
Nobody could feel more or less than this
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Roses have thorns
And baby so do you
Roses are red
So is my head
Violets are blue
And baby, I am too
Baby, I am too
You’ll never need to doubt my love for you
You gave me every sign I missed my cue
I didn’t understand the things you meant
And now you leave me here with my regret
And baby so do you
Roses are red
So is my head
Violets are blue
And baby, I am too
Baby, I am too
And baby, I am too
Baby, I am too

Commotion

Are you feeling alright?
Well I didn’t mean to call you back
So late last night but I had something on my mind
That I had to say
That you didn’t really want to hear
But there’s something on my mind that I
Must make very clear
Truth hurts
I know
Its bad
Its cold
Truth hurts
I know
I go
Solo
And if its alright
And if its okay
I’ll try to let it out or we can
Try again another day
And if its okay
And if its alright
I’ll try to let it out
Hope we both can sleep tonight
Because its way passed the
Time to go to bed
But I can’t sleep with so much commotion
Its way passed the time to go to bed
I can’t sleep with so much commotion
In my head
Did I say something rude?
Well I didn’t mean to offend
But nothing that you say is true and I
Know that its all pretend
But I defend
Everything that you say and do
Even though that we both know that I’m
Better off without you
Truth hurts
I know
Its bad
Its cold
Truth hurts
I know
I go
Solo
And if its alright
And if its okay
I’ll try to let it out or we can
Try again another day
And if its okay
And if its alright
I’ll try to let it out
Hope we both can sleep tonight
Because its way passed the
Time to go to bed
But I can’t sleep with so much commotion
Its way passed the time to go to bed
I can’t sleep with so much commotion
In my head

Daddy’s Girl

Somebody is calling your name
You don’t know who the voice belongs to
But the voice is familiar
Somebody is calling your name
You don’t know who the voice belongs to
But your choice is familiar
Looks like daddy’s girl
Looks like daddy’s girl
Looks like daddy’s girl has grown up
Looks like daddy’s girl
Looks like daddy’s girl
Looks like daddy’s girl has grown up
Somebody bought you a drink
You’ve got it all under control though
You just wanna have fun
You wound up under the sink
And you went home with blood on your dress
And a stud on your tongue
Looks like daddy’s girl
Looks like daddy’s girl
Looks like daddy’s girl has grown up
Looks like daddy’s girl
Looks like daddy’s girl
Looks like daddy’s girl has grown up
Baby, everybody knows
What’s underneath your clothes
But its no cause for alarm
Baby, everybody knows
You’re anything but slow
Tall in heels
Short on charm
Looks like daddy’s girl
Looks like daddy’s girl
Looks like daddy’s girl has grown up
Looks like daddy’s girl
Looks like daddy’s girl
Looks like daddy’s girl has grown up

Just Enough

I never wanted happiness
I never wanted none of this
So what? I don’t love you too much
I never tell you anything at all
I never take you anywhere at all
So what? I don’t love you too much
I don’t love you too much
Just enough, just enough
I don’t love you too much
Just enough, just enough
I’ll never spoil you, my dear
And even if I could I wouldn’t
So what? I don’t love you too much
I’ll never treat you right or wrong
And I don’t know how long this will go on
So what? I don’t love you too much
I don’t love you too much
Just enough, just enough
I don’t love you too much
Just enough, just enough
I don’t love you too much
Just enough, just enough
I don’t love you too much
Just enough, just enough

Never Say You’re Sorry

Stupid feeling
Too revealing
Gets me in trouble again
Stupid feeling
Unappealing
Here she comes
There she went
Was it me or
Was it me or
Was it something I said?
Stupid feeling
Too revealing
Gets me in trouble again
Its not abuse
There’s no excuse
Don’t tell me anything
Don’t say it’s true
Don’t talk about me
Talk about you
No more chances
No advances
Can’t get any further with her
No more chances
No advances
Can’t have what I don’t deserve
Was it me or
Was it me or
Was it something I did?
Stupid feeling
Too revealing
Gets me in trouble again
Its not abuse
There’s no excuse
Don’t tell me anything
Don’t say it’s true
Don’t talk about me
Talk about you
There’s nothing I’d rather do
Its not abuse
There’s no excuse
Don’t tell me anything
Don’t say it’s true
Don’t talk about me
Talk about you
Talk about you
So don’t ever say you’re sorry
I don’t know what I would do
Never let me say you’re boring
Never let me say I love you
And I never wanted agony
And I never wanted to win
I’ll be home soon to beg you for mercy
And to beg you to hurt me again
Stupid feeling
Too revealing
Gets me in trouble again

Sexual Tension

Black dress, stiletto heels
Tricked out ghetto wheels
She makes me feel so fine
Prom queen porno star
Setting off the fire alarm
She makes me feel so fine
With a bright yellow smile
She’ll be mine for a while
With a drink in her hand
In the back by the band
With the sun in her eyes
Going to bed with older guys
And you feel more than you care to mention
Sexual tension...
Kiss, kiss, wave your hand
Something for the fans
She makes them feel so fine
Seventeen can’t you tell?
To behold but not be held
She makes them feel so fine
With a bright yellow smile
She’ll be mine for a while
With a drink in her hand
In the back by the band
With the sun in her eyes
Going to bed with older guys
And you feel more than you care to mention
She makes me feel so fine
She makes me feel so fine
She makes me feel so fine
She makes me feel so fine
She makes me feel so fine
She makes me feel so fine
With a bright yellow smile
She’ll be mine for a while
With a drink in her hand
In the back by the band
With the sun in her eyes
Going to bed with older guys
And you feel more than you care to mention
Sexual tension...
Kiss, kiss, wave your hand
Something for the fans
She makes them feel so fine
Seventeen can’t you tell?
To behold but not be held
She makes them feel so fine
With a bright yellow smile
She’ll be mine for a while
With a drink in her hand
In the back by the band
With the sun in her eyes
Going to bed with older guys
And you feel more than you care to mention

This Drug

Its oh, so peaceful
What is this drug?
Its good, its evil
What is this drug?
In my heart
Many questions
No regrets
No confessions
And out of my skin
Out of my mind
Staying silent
And I ask you
What is this drug
I was not crying
I don’t need you
You say you’re dying
I don’t believe you
In my heart
Many questions
No regrets
No confessions
And out of my skin
Out of my mind
Staying silent
And I ask you
What is this drug
What is this drug
What is this drug

I’m Not In Love

I used to think about you every day and moment
And when I think those days are gone
I see a photograph that brings me joy and torment
And then its hard to carry on
But I’m not in love with you
Baby, I’m not in love with you
I’m not in love with you
Baby, I’m not in love with you
With you
With you
We never shared a quiet moment all together
We never kissed or stayed in touch
And even though its not as bad as it was once before
The photo hurts me just as much
But I’m not in love with you
Baby, I’m not in love with you
I’m not in love with you
Baby, I’m not in love with you
But then I get the feeling
If we could be together
It could be good but not extreme
Could we be together?
Stay in love forever?
Is that possible or crazy, baby?
Is it just a dream?
I’m not in love with you
Baby, I’m not in love with you
I’m not in love with you
Baby, I’m not in love with you

Turn Each Other

I didn’t see you coming
I only saw you go
And when I tried to get you back
I didn’t even know you
I thought we had it working
I though we’d set it up
I got a taste of turnip blood
And I can’t let it drop
Now I need a little time to wait for you
Because I’ve waited all my life
I need something good to say to you
And I’ll say it every night
I need a little love to make with you
And we’ll make it something good
I need to run away with you and
Baby, I know we could
Turn each other turn the page
Turn each other, turn away
Turn each other turn the page
Turn it on or turn away
I didn’t want to wait for you
I needed you too much
I felt the best of everything
When I felt your touch
And what I feel without it
Is something dark and cold
Growing old together is better
Than only growing old
Now I need a little time to wait for you
Because I’ve waited all my life
I need something good to say to you
And I’ll say it every night
I need a little love to make with you
And we’ll make it something good
I need to run away with you and
Baby, I know we could
Turn each other turn the page
Turn each other, turn away
Turn each other turn the page
Turn it on or turn away

Not The One

I didn’t mind
When I left you far behind
‘Cause I treat you so unfair
And I sing and it brings you a smile
But its only for a while
And I don’t even care
But its alright
There’s a chance, there’s a
Chance that I’ll be waiting
And its alright
There’s a choice, there’s a
Choice that I’ll be making
And its alright
There’s a vow, there’s a
Vow that I’ll be breaking
And its alright
There’s no love only lust
And you noticed because
And you know this because you’re
Not the girl who lived next door
Not a virgin or a whore but
Baby you’re the perfect waste of time
You’re not my friend, you’re not my lover
Or someone who should meet my mother
But baby, you’re the perfect waste of time
What can I say?
I just look the other way
‘Cause there’s always something there
And I know what we say tonight
In the morning will be a lie
But I don’t even care
But its alright
There’s a chance, there’s a
Chance that I’ll be waiting
And its alright
There’s a choice, there’s a
Choice that I’ll be making
And its alright
There’s a vow, there’s a
Vow that I’ll be breaking
And its alright
There’s no love only lust
And you noticed because
And you know this because you’re
Not the girl who lived next door
Not a virgin or a whore but
Baby you’re the perfect waste of time
You won’t sleep next to me at night
Raise my kids or be my wife
You’re not my friend, you’re not my lover
Or someone who should meet my mother
But baby, you’re the perfect waste of time
La da da da da da da da
La da da da da da da
Da da da da da
Da da da da da
Da da da da
Oh no

ELEVATOR

Waiting For

I left you in the morning
When you made your closing bid
I know I said I loved you
And I did, and I did
And its not because you’re hopeless
But your worries are not mine
I know now that we’re worthless
But I tried, yes I tried
And baby you shouldn’t have lied
Now I know you had a lot to hide
I’m not so sorry to say that I
Can’t see you anymore
I’m walking out the door
‘Cause she’s not ready for
What we’ve been waiting for
She’s not ready for
What we’ve been waiting for
When you speak its so redundant
And you seek my sympathy
But you won’t get no more loving
Not from me, not from me
You can call me cruel and senseless
Just don’t call and tell me so
I’m sadistic and relentless
And I know, yes I know
nd baby you shouldn’t have lied
Now I know you had a lot to hide
I’m not so sorry to say that I
Can’t see you anymore
I’m walking out the door
‘Cause she’s not ready for
What we’ve been waiting for
She’s not ready for
What we’ve been waiting for
She’s not ready for
What we’ve been waiting for
She’s not ready for
What we’ve been waiting for

The Town Fair

The girl from Illinois with the golden blonde hair
Is riding in her car to a small town fair
I’m riding at her right on a warm April night
Her telephone is ringing- its her boyfriend on the line
I don’t hear what he’s saying but she say’s, “I’m doin’ fine-
I’m not doing much,” she said, “I’m with this friend of mine...”
The grills were blazing smoke into the damp spring air
And you could smell the bratwurst from halfway there
And you could hear the DJ playing hits from yesteryear
As she parked her brand new maroon Mercury Cougar
The beer is overpriced at only five and fifty cents
We drink it and we duck our way through all the yellow tents
I say, “I think I love you” and other small laments
As the elderly continue to play bingo
“B! 21! Under the B! 21”
“G 39!”
She acts so surprised but by now I thought she knew
And standing next to her doesn’t need a good excuse
I’m holding up her hair while she vomits on her shoes
The big parade has ended and the dew is on the grass
And she’s feeling better since she dropped her plastic glass
And somehow I gain up the nerve to ask...
“Well I don’t mind talking to you,”
She says in the parking lot,
“And you know that I like you-
Just not an awful lot-
Now help me out- where’s my parking spot?”
It isn’t missing
Its behind those to kids who are kissing
Drunk she drives her car home and with no safety belt
She says I never should have told her how I felt
As an ash from her cigarette blemishes the felt
On her brand new maroon Mercury Cougar
90 miles an hour by the cop’s trap she does drive
He doesn’t put his siren on- he lets her pass on by
She turns on her radio and sings along with the top five
She took me home from St. Jacob Town Fair
Dropped me on the driveway and left me there
Drive off and crash your car for all I care
Crash your brand new maroon Mercury Cougar

Your Face

You could use someone
Somebody who’d give you enough like me
Love me, say you do
And I need someone
That could make the world become a place
I could face- someone like you
And it feels like love
‘Cause you’re the only one I think about
And I need to see your face
It makes the darkest night the brightest day
Your face- it takes my worries and my blues away
And it feels like love
I don’t want to hear you say it
I want to see it on your face
Your face
I don’t mean to stare
I look at you and I am unaware
Of the rest of this angry world
And you’re the girl for me
I would make your life a dream
And to me you’re as precious as a pearl
And it feels like love
‘Cause you’re the only one I think about
And I need to see your face
It makes the darkest night the brightest day
Your face- it takes my worries and my blues away
And it feels like love
I don’t want to hear you say it
I want to see it on your face
Your face
Where do we go from here?
Is this gonna be what I’ve been dreaming about?
I’m telling you my dear
I’ll do anything to make you mine
Give anything of mine to be with you
And it feels like love
‘Cause you’re the only one I think about
And I need to see your face
It makes the darkest night the brightest day
Your face- it takes my worries and my blues away
It makes the darkest night the brightest day
Your face- it makes my worries feel like love

Bring You Down

You can talk, talk, talk
You can do what you want
You can say what you say
And you can tell me anything
And I’ll never put you away
I won’t lie, lie, lie
I won’t start and I won’t try
To hide from the truth
Nothing you could say or do
Could ever take away my love for you
Don’t talk about it
I don’t want to
Don’t think about it
But I want you
Do anything that
You gotta do but
Never let my love bring you down
I could try, try, try
To let it go and get by on my own
But I don’t want to spend another minute of my life
All alone
I can’t stop, stop, stop
Let you go or give you up
‘Cause what’s the use?
I see everything I’ll ever need when I look at you
Don’t talk about it
I don’t want to
Don’t think about it
But I want you
To do anything that you gotta do
But never let my love bring you down
Don’t talk about it
I don’t want to
Don’t think about it
But I want you
To do anything that you gotta do
But never let my love bring you down

Out Of This Town

I recall the blood on the drywall

And the floor and stairwell too

And the streetlamp in the window

Awake in solitude

I recall the cast and the staples

And the nurse who wasn't there

And my mother was uneasy

Asleep in an easy chair

And I'm getting out of this town

I'm getting out of this town

I'm getting out of this town

I'm getting out of this town

Before I burn it down

I recall the smell of the hallways

And the face of a girl or two

Thought the picture is vague now

The paint still is blue

And I'm getting out of this town

I'm getting out of this town

I'm getting out of this town

I'm getting out of this town

Before I burn it down

We’re Good Friends

Walking down the boulevard
My mind was gone, my eyes were hard
And I thought I heard someone say my name
I turned around, I caught your stare
I didn’t see you standing there
But when I did I wished I’d never came
“You’re just as I remembered you”
You told me as I looked you over
“No,” I said, “I promise that I’ve changed”
“Well maybe just a bit,” you said,
“But you still have that hat on your head...”
“And you,” I said, “don’t look ten minutes older.”
Since I saw you last
A little time has passed
It didn’t go so fast for me you know
Now we’re here again
Good thing that we’re good friends
It’s just like you decided long ago
Invited you, you took me up
Speaking over coffee cups and
Trying not to interrupt each other
We exchanged some compliments
With no harm done and no harm meant
I’m glad I never asked about your lover
You asked me then if I had one
I said, “I don’t have anyone”
And desperately I tried to change the subject
You told me that you had to go
And its just such a shame, you know
I knew I’d never see you again
“And you,” I said, “don’t look ten minutes older.”
Since I saw you last
A little time has passed
It didn’t go so fast for me you know
Now we’re here again
Good thing that we’re good friends
It’s just like you decided long ago

These Are The Good Times

The Maplewood diner
The Chase Park show
Cigarettes on the coffee shop patio
Your hands in my hair
The walk to the car
Strange as I am
Strange as we are
So much wasted time
So much wasted time
These are the good times
These are the good times
These are the good times
These are the good times
Drawings in sand
Strange lagoons
Backyard hideouts
Mud on your shoes
The chill in the air
The orange glass vase
The kiss on the stairs
Of the fire escape
These are the good times
These are the good times
These are the good times
These are the good times
So they were
So they were

Sympathy

I’m your stranger
I’m a stranger to myself
And you you- someone else
That would tell you a story
Or sing it to myself
Well I think you’re afraid
You’re not shy, you’re just scared
As you drink under-age
To erase the pain that’s there
You won’t say a single word
But you’ll judge every one of mine
Open up your heart to me
And to yourself- open your eyes
And I know you’ve had your troubles
And I’ve had mine
We’re not perfect but we’ve got some time
And I know you’ve had your lovers
And I’ve had mine
But we’ve got each other now
And thats just fine
Thats just fine
Thats just fine
Thats just fine
In your youth you’re confused
And thats alright
I understand more than I might ever care to let you know
And how I feel when you go?
I’m a mess
I got stress
I got skeletons too
I’m a freak
I don’t speak about it
Not even to you
But I could and I would
If you wanted me to
And if you want me
I want you too
And I know you’ve had your troubles
And I’ve had mine
We’re not perfect but we’ve got some time
And I know you’ve had your lovers
And I’ve had mine
But we’ve got each other now
And thats just fine
Thats just fine
Thats just fine
Thats just fine

DGK Blues

I got your number
I got your name
If I asked you again
Would you tell me the same?
Get rid of your man
Hold my hand
Don’t let go
You say we’re just friends
But we’re so young
And you’re so pretty
And I’m in love
Get rid of your man
Hold my hand
Baby, don’t let go
Its true romance
Thats what I say
Give me a chance
And don’t turn away
Get rid of your man
Hold my hand
Don’t let go
You tell me your lover
He treats you right
But he really don’t
And I just might
Get rid of your man
Hold my hand
Baby, don’t let go
Your boyfriend left you
And here am I
And here are you
And you need time
Get rid of that man
Hold my hand
Don’t let go
You know he’s insane
You know he’s the worst
You gave him a second chance, baby
And I’m still waiting on my first
Get rid of your man
Hold my hand
Don’t let go
You and he are back together now
It happened so fast
You think that you’re happy
But that won’t last
Get rid of your man
Hold my hand
Baby, don’t let go
He holds you so tight
Get out of his grip
He wouldn’t know love if it kissed him on the lips
Yeah- get rid of your man
Hold my hand
Don’t let go
You don’t wanna hear it, babe
But I love you still
You don’t love me now
But I promise you will
Get rid of your man
Hold my hand
Never let go

Sweet As You

As the time ran out that evening
The sunlight faded through
And the curtains of your window
Had changed from grey to blue
And as you slept
As I held you
You held my hand
I thought I knew
Nothing could be as sweet as you
Nothing could be as sweet as you
Nothing could be as sweet as you
Nothing could be as sweet as you
She was just a kiss another
Ms. Understood Misinterpretation
Creation of my mind
Even though it didn’t go
How I hoped and wished and prayed
Vowed to make you mine
Nothing could be as sweet as you
Nothing could be as sweet as you
Nothing could be as sweet as you
Nothing could be as sweet as you
Time must pass
Dreams all die
Nothing lasts
Love’s a lie

Slow Dancing Ghosts (Part One) Instrumental

22 Caliber Gun

You won’t see me in this town
‘Cause I can’t be here when you’re around
But your face is every place it seems I turn
You won’t see me anymore
I won’t be a-knockin’ on your door
You weren’t no blessing
Just a lesson I didn’t want to learn
Here am I
21 with a 22 caliber gun
Give me a reason and I’ll be gone
I’ll be gone
21 leaning on a 22 caliber gun
Give me a reason and I’ll be gone
I’ll be gone, I’ll be gone
Give me a reason
And I’ll be gone, gone for good
Tried to please you and hold your hand
But it was held by another man
Who’ll keep you warm
But he will leave your shoulders cold
And now you’re happy, like you should be
I hope you’re happy without me
And he leaves you you will grow old
And die alone
21 leaning on a 22 caliber gun
Give me a reason and I’ll be gone
I’ll be gone, I’ll be gone
21 leaning on a 22 caliber gun
Give me a reason and I’ll be gone
I’ll be gone, I’ll be gone
Give me a reason and I’ll be gone
I’ll be gone for good
I know you won’t come looking for me
But I know where I will be
And you won’t miss me
That is why I have to leave
21 leaning on a 22 caliber gun
Give me a reason and I’ll be gone
I’ll be gone
21 leaning on a 22 caliber gun
Give me a reason and I’ll be gone
I’ll be gone, I will be gone
Give me a reason
And I’ll be gone
Gone for good

Wishful Thinking

Let’s sing another love song
A sensual diversion
From another worthless crush on
Another worthless person
No we can never go home
‘Cause we don’t know
Which way to go
I never have too much to do
So I’ll be here waiting for you
I’d rather blow my brains out
Or drown off in the ocean
Than have another day job
Or have another girlfriend
Let’s have a cup of coffee
Let’s smoke a cigarette
You’re not thinking of me
How quickly you forgetNo we can never go home
‘Cause we don’t know
Which way to go
I never have too much to do
So I’ll be here waiting for you
I’d rather blow my brains out
Or drown off in the ocean
Than have another day job
Or have another girlfriend
No we can never go home
‘Cause we don’t know
Which way to go
I never have too much to do
So I’ll be here waiting for you
I’d rather blow my brains out
Or drown off in the ocean
Than have another day job
Or have another girlfriend
I’d rather blow my brains out
Or drown off in the ocean
Than have another day job
Or have another girlfriend like you

Location!

There’s a place that I’d rather be
Its not on my TV
We got it! We got it! We got it!
If there’s something that you wanna know
Its playing on the radio
We got it! We got it! We got it!
We got it! We got it!
Location! Location! Location!
Location! Location! Location!
Location! Location! Location!
Location! Location! Location!
If there is something that you wanna do
We got dinner and a movie too
We got it! We got it! We got it!
We got it! We got it!
Location! Location! Location!
Location! Location! Location!
Location! Location! Location!
Location! Location! Location!
Location! Location! Location!
Location! Location! Location!
Location! Location! Location!
Location! Location! Location!

Headstone
Hello, my friend
We meet again
This time I’d like to know you
You knew me when
I lived inside a place I couldn’t go to
We’re back again I guess back then
You held the love I gave you
You lied and sinned and cheated
Like a fool, I forgave you
But everything we feel will die
Like a red rose
Thats cut away from the vine
From which it grows
And placed into a vase or
At a headstone
From me you won’t get one
One or both
Impulse erupts to call you up
And find out where you’ve gone to
What you’ve done and what you do
And who you belong to
A shadow casts this cloud of thought that
Has no silver lining
And with these words, I’m not concerned
The sun, it should be shining
But everything we feel will die
Like a red rose
Thats cut away from the vine
From which it grows
And placed into a vase or
At a headstone
From me you won’t get one
One or both

Valentine

Oh was it worth it?
What you have done?
It wasn’t painful
To watch you run
Away from someone
Who was chasing you
With pills and vodka
And attitude
You didn’t want me
Or so you said
You didn’t want me
Alive or dead
And I believed it
You did not care
Have you been evil
Or just unfair?
Do you want it?
Do you need it?
Are you guilty?
Have you cheated?
I am your lover
I am your kind
I am your product
Of wasted time
I am your savior
And you’ll be mine
And you will
Be my valentine
Be my valentine
Don’t say a word now
Don’t be so shy
Shut up your mouth now
Open your eyes
Wipe off your makeup
Wear no disguise
Wipe off your makeup
Open your eyes
Do you want it?
Do you need it?
Are you guilty?
Have you cheated?
I am your lover
I am your kind
I am your product
Of wasted time
I am your savior
And you’ll be mine
And you will
Be my valentine
Be my valentine
Be my valentine
Be my valentine
And if you want me to
I’ll never lie to you
And if you want me to
I’ll put my trust in you
And you will be the one
My one and only prize
And you will be my valentine

Slow Dancing Ghosts (Part Two)

Sweating shaking
Back is aching
Mind is racing
Can’t stop waking
Dreams cross the threshold
Of truth and sorrow
Wait until tomorrow
Just wait until tomorrow
Ghosts are dancing on the ceiling
Floor is falling underneath me
Lock the door and block the sunlight
There’s no more
I am dying
I am dying
This is not right...
Mother Mary?
Mother? Mary?
Mother Marry
Mother Mary?
Blood and sweating
With regret and solitude I suffer
There’s no pride left
This will not be the way that I’m found
But I can’t find the phone or the ground
Ghosts are dancing on the ceiling
Floor is falling underneath me
Lock the door and block the sunlight
There’s no more
I am dying
This is not right
I am dying
Ghosts are dancing on the ceiling
Floor is falling underneath me
Lock the door and block the sunlight
There’s no more
This is not right
There’s no more
There’s no more

Anxiety Attack

Where has my mind gone?
I don’t think that its ever coming back
Leave the light on
I am having an anxiety attack
I get sicker
She is gone and I’m still on my back
Pills and liquor and cocaine aren’t
Gonna bring her back
I’m tired of the truth
I’m sick of everything
I wanted something good
I ended up with nothing
I’m tired and out of touch
I’m hooked on smoke and smack
It doesn’t help so much
Anxiety attack
Where has my mind gone?
I don’t think that its ever coming back
Leave the light on
I am having an anxiety attack
I’m tired of the truth
I’m sick of everything
I wanted something good
I ended up with nothing
I’m tired and out of touch
I’m hooked on smoke and smack
It doesn’t help so much
Anxiety attack

Could She Make You Happy?

A beautiful face is never chaste
But chased away
Chased away
From your back
A weight just lifts
And in your mind
You wonder if
She is fiction, fabled?
Could she make you happy?
Is she willing? Able?
Could she make you happy?
Is her soul something full?
Is it something you could fill?
Is she someone to kiss or to kill?
Could she help you?
Would she try?
Would she be faithful?
Would she lie?
She is fiction- fabled
Could she make you happy?
Is she willing? Able?
Could she make you happy?
Is her soul something full?
Is it something you could fill?
Is she someone to kiss or to kill?
She is fiction- fabled
Could she make you happy?
Is she willing? Able?
Could she make you happy?
Is her soul something full?
Is it something you could fill?
Is she someone to kiss or to kill?

Wasted Time

It isn’t easy being lonely until my friends start calling
And then I’m longing for my privacy
Its not so bad they only don’t pick up when I am calling
I guess they all get by
And they all get by without me
Well I stayed home last night
By myself, but I still had fun
Well I wouldn’t call it fun, but it was cheap
I turned out all the lights and the
TV had the same old rerun
It didn’t make it any easier to sleep
Didn’t take your time
Wasting mine
Didn’t take your time
Wasting my wasted mind
Wasted mind
Spent the weekend waiting for that girl to call me
Tried my patience and it didn’t work so well
But I paced a big black circle in the carpet
And then I called her up myself
She didn’t care too much for dinner or the movie
Regardless both of them were both her choice
And when I kissed her, well she knew I did it only
‘Cause I was sick of the sound of her voice
Didn’t take your time
Wasting mine
Didn’t take your time
Wasting my wasted mind
Wasted mind
Didn’t take your time
Wasting mine
Didn’t take your time
Wasting my wasted mind
Wasted mind

Young

Wait I thought I heard you say
You would call me up today
I don’t hear my telephone
I don’t hear my telephone
I would call you but I know you’re never home
Great to hear that you’re okay
I’ve been fine until today
I don’t want your reasons why
I will just lay down and die
I will just lay down here for a little while
You’ll never grow old
And you’re beautiful
At least I remember you that way
You’ll never grow old
And you’re beautiful
I’m dumb and I’ll always be that way
Still I’d kill to see your face
Will you ever be replaced?
Someday I’ll be over you
Someday I’ll be over you
Someday I will realize that’s just not true
Still I’m waiting for the day
You and I will run away
Baby, I know you’re the one
Baby, I know you’re the one
I am waiting for a day that will never come
You’ll never grow old
And you’re beautiful
At least I remember you that way
You’ll never grow old
And you’re beautiful
I’m dumb and I’ll always be that way

Pain

Fire torpedos
She wears nice clothes
She smiles when she knows I’m hers
Fire torpedos
She wears nice clothes
She smiles ‘cause she knows I’m hers
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Load your gun
Load your gun
Load your gun
Annie get your guy and shoot!
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Shoot
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
Bang bang bang bang
I want to feel pain
I want to feel pain
I want to feel pain
I want to feel pain from you
From you
From you

She Goes Away

She reminds me of someone I met back in ’95
And I wish I could say that back then was a simpler time
That was back then and this other girls right here right now
And its kind of scary the way that she’s staring me down
She smiles, she waves, then she walks over an
Inch or two from where I stand
It lasts a moment then its over and she shakes my hand
And walks away, away, away, away, away, away, away
Away, away, away, away, away, away, away
Its a simple exchange thats spoken and made
Without any arrangements
And after jokes and antidotes
Now we know we’re stranger
Than when we were strangers
But I still can’t explain her
Only a fraction of time in the rest of her days
Only a name and a dress and a hairstyle and face
God only knows if we’ll meet again someday
God only knows if I’ll even remember her name
Another girl, another ghost
That lingers in my mind a while
And then just like it was supposed to happen over time
She goes away, away, away, away, away, away, away
Away, away, away, away, away, away, away
Everything happens for a reason
That’s what people say
For reasons unexplained
Joy and love and paid
All just fade away, away, away, away, away, away, away
Away, away, away, away, away, away, away
Every girl has a name and face and different place from which they came
In a way they’re all the same
In a way they’re all the same
Crash And Burn

The scar has faded from my wrist
But if you look it still exists
Eleven staples through a jagged line
If something sacred still exists
If everything that fate permits
Comes with persistence and some passing time...
I still know I won’t be a star
I still know I can’t play guitar
I still know though that I will try
Before the day I die but
Wait...
These are the words I can’t say
These are my problems like
Accidental casual infatuations
I’ve made them to crash and burn
The love is fading from my soul
There’s nothing here for me to hold
There’s only ghosts slow dancing through my mind
I know that I will die alone
Like every dead man I have known
And everything that time creates
Will soon disintegrate but
Wait...
These are the words I can’t say
These are my problems like
Accidental casual infatuations
I’ve made them to crash and burn
Wait...
These are the words I can’t say
These are my problems like
Accidental casual infatuations
I’ve made them to crash and burn

Open Invitation

When your garden dies before the chills of winter
If your well runs dry before you drink it down
If you think of me as the sky goes grey and bitter
If you knock on my door, I will be around
If you knock on my door, I will be around
If the wedding ring is misplaced from your finger
If your friends all become strangers in strange towns
And you think that there are none left who have lingered
If you knock on my door, I will be around
If you knock on my door, I will be around
If you travel to a place where no one knows you
If you feel your only home is underground
Remember that you have a place to go to
If you knock on my door I will be around
If you knock on my door I will be around
When all that you possess you feel is missing
And you can’t tell if you should sink swim or drown
And you feel like God Himself just doesn’t listen
If you knock on my door, I will be around
If you knock on my door, I will be around

The Elevator

Skies of blue now are grey
Ending now another day
Another night now will fall
Silently on it all
Gradually the sun will die
Eventually so will I
And as the world fades to black
The sun will rise and bring it back
The Elevators coming down
The Elevators coming down
The Elevators coming down
The Elevators coming down
The Elevators coming down
The Elevators coming down
The Elevators coming down
The Elevators coming down
The Elevators coming down
The Elevators coming down
The Elevators coming down
The Elevators coming down

HULLABALOOGA

Theme To Hullabalooga (Instrumental)

Tumbling Down

I see starlight in the sky
Like the fourth day of July
It’s the perfect point of view
Up here on the hill with you
Up above the highest plane
Up above the pouring rain
From the stars down to the dew
I just fell in love with you
Now I’m tumbling down…
Down from the stars to the ground
Tumbling down…
Tumbling down…
I want to take your shaking hand
Our hearts beat like a marching band
That step in time and play in tune
Do you feel the way I do?
Can you see the world from here?
Is this love or is this fear?
Is it real? Oh, is it true?
Is it me or is it you?
Tumbling down…
Down from the stars to the ground
Tumbling down…

I Miss Her

She’s like a breeze
How she blows through my mind
She is the reason for this whole song of mine
The rest of the world has gone mad or gone blind
My eyes are sore and her eyes are kind
Maybe I miss her
La la la la la la
La la la la la la la
I want to be with her
La la la la la la
La la la la la la la
I want to possess her
La la la la la la
La la la la la la la
The way that she so effortlessly possesses me
We’ve been apart and together again
As lovers and strangers and as fair-weather friends
And on one rainy day I would see her again
By the time morning came I did not know where she had went
Well she didn’t leave a letter, leave a letter
Or anything for that matter, for that matter
Not so much as a thread from her sweater, from her sweater
Now I will wait ‘til I start feeling better
To go get her...

Back On The Bus

Toe tap knee slap
Foot stomp hand clap
Fuzz tone feed back
Rolling Rock and Rock and roll
Five dollar cover charge
Brain small belly large
Bouncer built like a barge
Bully takes no bull
Cheap beer on tap
Boulevard, Schlitz, Pabst
Stag, Bud, Bush, Schlafley
Served ice cold
Dust on the dance floor
Not what they came for
Drinking drugging hard core
Just ignore the amateurs
Here’s where they come
To bang on the drums
To break their guitar strings
And sing in the slums
They-don’t how or why
They are still getting by
While they’re still sitting still
Getting tripping balls high
Blow out their out their ears
And they burn up their minds
Like ashes of bridges they left far behind
They fuss and they cuss and they
They still look at us like
We don’t know our way back to the back of the bus
This ain’t a song about my ex-
Girlfriend or ‘bout my next girlfriend
I know you heard it all before
You heard it here first, friends
Not on the FM
You got to pay to get played by the
Radio, Radio – by a
Stone drunk D J
Slurred words blurred brain
Another broken record skipping-skipping
Like a stone
Call me a sell out
Cry, whine, curse, pout
Love me to death or just
Leave me alone
Here’s where I’ll come
To bang on the drums
To bend my guitar strings and sing in the slums
I don’t know how or why
I am still getting by
When I’m here every night getting tripping balls high
I’ll blow out my ears trying to blow your minds
But I won’t be remembered when I leave you behind
You’ll fuss and you’ll cuss and scream “Freebird” at us
‘Til we go find our way to the back of the bus

Total Disaster

Sitting in a wishing well sinking faster and faster
Studying the simple things that I still haven’t mastered
And it seems like the older I get
The more I wish I knew some trick
And it isn’t just a tragedy- it’s a total disaster
She couldn’t bring me happiness but still naive I held on my hope
She gave me her excuses- I pretended that my heart wasn’t broken
And when she came back again- I couldn’t even be her friend
And it isn’t just a tragedy- it’s a total disaster
She conceived of beauty as something that she had to apply
Around her lips, under her eyes, in her hair
If only her mind
And beauty used to be her name
But now she looks exactly the same
As every other image she didn’t have the nerve to escape…
What a total disaster…

Lord Have Mercy

Mama

Oh, Mama

I don't wanna go to school no more

They can't teach me

They can't reach me

Through my apathy, ignorance, boredom

Ya Ya Ya Ya

Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya

Mama

Oh, Mama

Please don't make me go to mass

All the wine and bread and tears you shed

Ain't gonna save my sorry Christian ass

Ya Ya Ya Ya

Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya

Never done a decent thing in the name of making some money

Gotta go and get me some

Nothing in the world comes free

God ain't lookin' and down and frownin'

I'm sure he would think this is funny...

Darlin'

Oh, Darlin

Tell me where did I go wrong?

I spent my whole life trying to please you

And now my life is almost gone

Ya Ya Ya Ya

Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya

And the preachers

And the teachers

Try to tell me that it isn't to late

To believe in myself or in anything else

But a cold dark and empty fate

I've never done a decent thing in my life to earn me some money

I've never wanted anything but everything that I could see

Maybe there's a man upstairs who hears my prayers and thinks they sound funny

When it's over- Lord, have mercy on me

Mercy! Mercy!

Lord, have mercy on me!

Someone said you're up the stairs

And all I got to do is believe

Could faith have healed my pain, and my suffering, and all of my worry?

I don't think so

Lord, have mercy on me

Ya Ya Ya Ya

Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya

Things Were Different

I had a vision of something that did not make sense to myself
And then I woke up again, and then I woke up again
I tried to explain it to acquaintance who once was a friend
But it was misunderstood, or just didn’t make any sense
Still I feel like I always have
Things seem just like they’ve always been
But I used to understand myself
I guess maybe things were different then…
I had a reason, I had a dream, I had a girl that was good to me
They’ll never come back again, they’ll never come back again
My brothers and sisters my mother and father my family and friends
Are wondering where I’ve gone, where I’ll go and where I have been
I used to dream and dream again
I used to laugh with all my friends
I used to sing and talk some sense
I guess that things were different then
This is like the first or the next or the last day I may ever live
And I may not wake up again- I may not wake up again
All of the people I’ll never know- places that I’ll never see
They don’t mean too much to me- they don’t mean to much to me
I used to wonder who I’d be
And what my life was all about
I guess I’m still the same old me
I guess that things aren’t so different now

Black And Blue

And now my heart is black and blue
But never broken only bruised
I know it ain’t no revelation
I know my heart is black and blue
I bet by now you know it too
I know it ain’t no revelation
You throw your sticks
You throw your stones
You’d break my heart and then my home
I’d give you everything that’s mine
And other things like money, love and time
And now this faded old tattoo
May never ever be removed
I know it ain’t no revelation
I’ve scarred your name into my skin
And in the brain I beat with gin
I know it ain’t no revelation
The best and worst of all my soul
Came out to you and I lost control
And I can’t recall how or when or why
I used to be someone you would like…
The best and worst of all my soul
Came out to you and I lost control
And I can’t recall how or when or why
I used to be someone you would like…
And now my heart is black and blue
But never broken only bruised
And now my heart is black and blue
But never broken only bruised

So Long

So long
I’ll wave goodbye to you
When you’re gone
I’ll wish I’d have lingered longer
So long, so long
So long
I will kiss you goodbye
When you’re gone
The shortest time will seem
So long, so long
I’ve loved you for
So long, so long, so long
I’ll love you more
And on, and on, and on
I’ve waited for
So long, so long, so long
I’ll love you more and more
More and more and more
So long
Give us a smile
When you’re gone a little while will feel
So long, so long, so long
So long
Don’t say goodbye, baby
I will wait
And the time will seem
So long, so long, so long
I’ve loved you for
So long, so long, so long
I’ll love you more
And on, and on, and on
I’ve waited for
So long, so long, so long
I’ll love you more and more
More and more and more
I’ve loved you for
So long, so long, so long
I’ll love you more
And on, and on, and on
I’ve waited for
So long, so long, so long
I’ll love you more and more
More and more and more

THE STATUS QUO

Dearly

She isn't well

I blame myself

I'm feeling blue as the sky

That I'm flying through to see her once again

My dearest friend

She isn't well

I blame myself

I'm wanting to surprise

Her with all these sweet romantic sentiments

Would I regret it if I...

Tell her I...

Tell her I love her

Tell her I...

Tell her I love her

Tell her I...

Tell her I love her

Dearly, dearly, dearly, dearly....

Tell her I...

Tell her I love her

Tell her I...

Tell her I love her

Tell her I...

Tell her I love her

Dearly, dearly, dearly, dearly....

It's going well

I tell myself

I'm wanting to know why

I've been so shy and

Been so nervous

Half the time

There seems to be no purpose

Still

I tell myself

That there should come a time

When I'll tell her

How she makes my world feel bright

And quite alright

I think I might...

Tell her I...

Tell her I love her

Tell her I...

Tell her I love her

Tell her I...

Tell her I love her

Dearly, dearly, dearly, dearly....

Tell her I...

Tell her I love her

Tell her I...

Tell her I love her

Tell her I...

Tell her I love her

Dearly, dearly, dearly, dearly....

Tell her I...

Tell her I love her

Tell her I...

Tell her I love her

Tell her I...

Tell her I love her

Dearly, dearly, dearly, dearly....

Tell her I...

Tell her I love her

Tell her I...

Tell her I love her

Tell her I...

Tell her I love her

Dearly, dearly, dearly, dearly....

Holding Out

I was waiting for the right

Time to kiss your lips goodnight

But I think I better take my time

I think I better take my time

I'm not trying to make you mine

Or trying to get you off of my mind

I think I'd better take my time

Think we'd better take our time

I don't want to do you wrong

Set you up or lead you on

I just think there's nothing wrong

With holding out or holding on...

You hope we could still be friends

If we end what might begin

I think I better take my time

Think we better take our time

We don't have to go to far

We're just fine right where we are

I think I wanna take my time

Think we better take our time

I don't want to do you wrong

Set you up or lead you on

I just think there's nothing wrong

With holding out and holding on

I don't mean to insinuate

A longing that I have innately

For you that I may feel greatly more than I'm entitled to

From time to time my mind suggests

What could be and what would be best

But I know better than to think

I know you from what I assume

There's so much more I want to know

And all the places we could go

Might lead us into something so horrible or wonderful

Or maybe just a bit of both

But with no promises or oaths

I don't believe the status quo needs any ribbons, rings, or bows

And you're still making up your mind

I still have not made up mine

I think I better take my time

Think we better take our time

I don't think that we will fail

I don't believe in fairy tales

I think I better take my time

Think we better take our time

I don't wanna do you wrong

Set you up or lead you on

I just think there's nothing wrong

With holding out and holding on

Ghost Train

Pack your bags all you

Friends of mine

We're heading East on the West Coast Line

To where the simple things

Are just impossible to explain

Riding on a ghost train

Riding on a ghost train

We keep on riding...

Well we stopped a moment to let

More get on

We're not going nowhere but we're

All long gone

And after a short time

Everything outside just looks the same

Riding on a ghost train

Riding on a ghost train

We keep on riding...

Well a voice came on and said we'd soon arrive

Fifteen minutes after we'd be there in five

And we can't stop this engine any easier than we could make it rain

Riding on a ghost train

Riding on a ghost train

We keep on riding...

Riding on a ghost train

Riding on a ghost train

We keep on riding...

And keep on riding...

We keep on riding...

And keep on riding...

Keep on riding...

Keep on riding...

Keep on riding...

Keep on riding...

Keep on riding...

Dead Silence

Am I now a ghost

Without a living host

Seperate from all that is real

But not from the pain I feel?

It doesn't mean anything to anyone but me

It doesn't hurt anyone

Anyone but me

A quietness deader than silence

A blackness much darker than death

Truth hurts with all of it's violence

It won't let you catch your breath

It needs not a moment's rest

It takes away everything

It takes away everything

It takes away everything but the line between life

And death...

Rag Doll

I don't even know you

But baby I own you

And everything and everyone around

I sell what you buy and

It keeps you alive here

With everything and everyone around

You can't live without me but complain about me

To everything and everyone around

But you know you want it

I got it and flaunt it

To everything and everyone around

Everything and everyone around

Everything and everyone around

Everything and everyone around

We have religion, culture, and education

We have believed that we all have evolved

We have technology, government, and frustration

We have more wrong than could ever be solved

But it don't mean a goddamned thing at all

And you're just a rag doll

We make your medicine and we make your diseases

We think that we make the world revolve

But when the revolution of nature ceases

Everything that ever was will just dissolve

Just like it don't mean a goddamned thing at all

And you're just a rag doll

No more whispers, no more screams

No more life, or death, or dreams

Nothing to do, or to think, or to be

Nothing to think, smell, hear, touch, taste, or see

Much less the writing in front of you on the wall:

"You're just a rag doll"

You're just a rag doll

You're just a rag doll

You're just a rag doll

You're just a rag doll

Loverman

The moment in time when your hand was in mine

You made me feel so secure

My heart was a flutter and no other lover had

Given me lovin' like yours

Your lips brought me warmth with your laughter and kisses

And all of the words you would speak

Now all this silence, and distance, denial- it's as

Cold as the turn of your cheek...

Sometimes I wish that I was better

Than I suppose you think I am

Sometimes I wish that I was good enough

To be your loverman

You say I'm crazy

I guess that I may be

But then again, maybe I'm fine...

I admit that it's hard to be where we are

When I think of that moment in time

When I held you closely and everything mostly

Seemed better than truth ever was

You say that I'm crazy

I guess that I may be

For still having hope left for us

Sometimes I wish that I was better

Than I suppose you think I am

Sometimes I wish that I was good enough

To be your loverman

Sometimes I wish that I was better

Than I suppose you think I am

Sometimes I wish that I was good enough

To be your loverman

To be your loverman

To be your lover

Be your loverman

Wrong

Baby please

Please don't you leave

Please don't you leave me now

You have what I need

And I can't stop dreaming

And I can't stop dreaming about you

Don't you tell me that we're through

When I ain't done with you

I've been so good to you for so long

Don't you tell me that we're through

After all I've done for you

You ain't done me nothing but wrong

Baby please

When did your heart-

When did your heart turn to stone?

We can be free

But we don't have to be-

We don't have to be alone

Why can't you see-

Why can't you see that

My love for you has grown?

Don't you believe?

Why don't you believe that

It'll be better than you have known...

Don't you tell me that we're through

When I ain't done with you

I've been so good to you for so long

Don't you tell me that we're through

After all I've done for you

You ain't done me nothing but wrong

Don't you tell me that we're through

When I ain't done with you

I've been so good to you for so long

Don't you tell me that we're through

After all I've done for you

You ain't done me nothing but wrong

Now What?

Now what?

He's waited and he's wanted for so long?

He had her for a moment now she's gone

He had her for a moment now she's gone

Now what?

She felt something that was very strong

She felt it for a moment but it's gone

She had it for a moment now it's gone

No time in love is wasted time

He'll wait for her to make up her mind...

Make up her mind...

Make up her mind...

Make up her mind

Now what?

She felt something but it wasn't love

For a moment she was pretty sure it was

For a moment she seemed pretty sure it was

Now what?

Is it over now or only just begun?

Is it over now or only just begun?

I think that they have only just begun...

She'll say that he has lost his mind

He'll wait for her to change her mind...

She'll change her mind...

Then change her mind...

Then change her mind

Now what?

They've waited and they've wanted for so long

They had it for a moment but its gone

They had it for a moment now its gone

She'll see that hes in love with her

Before she's sure its mututal

Its mutual

Its mutual

Its mututal

Now they both say

That they will stay together for so long

Their love together will go on and on

And on, and on, and on, and on, and on

Now they both say

That they will stay together for so long

Their love together will go on and on

And on, and on, and on, and on, and on

And on, and on, and on, and on, and on

And on, and on, and on, and on, and on

And on, and on, and on, and on, and on

Say You Love Me

I stay up, you go to bed

You stay up, and I play dead like the dog I am

Or how you make me feel

Say you love me, I know you never will

We grew up in Illinois

You knew me when I was a boy

I loved you then, I love you still

Say you love me, I know you never will

When we drove down the Interstate

I was late, I made you wait

I'm waiting babe

I'll wait until you say you love me

I know you never will

Say you love me, I know you never will

Say you love me, I know you never will

Don't Deny Me

Been so long since I've seen the sun rise up above your windowsil

Been so long since I've looked into your eyes that I can hardly wait until

Our next great adventure, our future rendezvous

You'll fall into my arms and I will fall in love with you

I'll put all of my pain and rainy day women behind me

I need your love tonight, my darling

Please do not deny me

I don't want to change you

I don't want you to change for me

So many other men would rearrange you

Into some self-serving fantasy

But fantasies are bland to me and often so perverse

I want our love to be a blessing baby, not a curse

Put all your doubt behind you, I'll put all mine behind me

I need your love tonight, my darling

Please do not deny me

I'll tell you time and time again

You comfort my whole tortured soul

I'd never want to loose you as my friend

It's trying to my self-control

I think that something started

I know you feel it too

And even though I know our hearts are beaten black and blue

Put all your doubt behind you, I'll put all mine behind me

I need your love tonight, my darling

Please do not deny me

Stuck In Saint Louis

Sarah Jane got on a plane

She left for New York yesterday

My brother Joe left for the snow of Colorado this morning

Me and you, we're stuck in Saint Louis

We don't have a ticket, we don't have a plan

Junior says:

"We're not in Kansas- let's get back in Kansas as soon as we can..."

There's nothing like a silver frown

It makes you want to leave this town

Someday your face will smile again

I swear I'll never leave until then

I swear I'll never leave until then...

Our family and friends hang their hats and their heads

And they make up their beds far away

Chasing love and chasing life

Chasing their tales until they get them right and

Me and you...

We're stuck in Saint Louis

But we're buying tickets and we're making plans

You and I...

We're gonna fly as far and as fast and as soon as we can

There's nothing like a silver frown

It makes you want to leave this town

Someday your face will smile again

I swear I'll never leave until then

I swear I'll never leave until then

There's nothing like a silver frown

It makes you want to leave this town

Someday your face will smile again

I swear I'll never leave until then

I swear I'll never leave until then

I swear I'll never leave until then

I swear I'll never leave until then