-------- 1983 Murmur -------- -------- 9-9 -------- [Intro] Steady repetition is a compulsion mutually reinforced Now what does that mean? Is there a just contradiction? Nothing much Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord to hesitate [Verse 1] Got to punch Right on target Twisting tongues Got a stripe Down his back All nine yards Down her back [Chorus] Give me a couple Don't give me a couple of pointers Turn to lies and conversation fear [Verse 2] Got to punch Right on target Twisting tongues Got a stripe Down his back All nine yards Down her back [Chorus] Give me a couple Don't give me a couple of pointers Turn to lies and conversation What is in my mind? What is in my mind? What is in my mind? [Intro] Steady repetition is a compulsion mutually reinforced Now what does that mean? Is there a just contradiction? Nothing much Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord to hesitate Hesitate [Verse 3] Got to punch Right on target Twist his tongue He's got a stripe Down her back All nine yards Down his back [Chorus] Give me a couple Don't give me a couple of pointers Turn to lies and conversation fear [Outro] Conversation fear Conversation fear Conversation fear -------- 1983 Murmur -------- -------- Catapult -------- [Verse 1] When we were little boys When we were little girls It's nine o'clock, don't try to turn it off Cowered in a hole Open your mouth, a question [Pre-Chorus] Did we miss anything? Did we miss anything? Did we miss anything? Did we miss anything? [Chorus] Catapult (Catapult) Catapult Catapult (Catapult) Catapult [Verse 2] When we were little boys When we were little girls It's nine o'clock, don't try to turn it off Cowered in a hole, open your mouth We in step, in hand Your mother remembers this Hear the howl of the rope A question [Pre-Chorus] Did we miss anything? Did we miss anything? Did we miss anything? Did we miss anything? [Chorus] Catapult (Catapult) Catapult Catapult (Catapult) Catapult [Bridge] Bush could be target Barn could be target [Chorus] Catapult (Catapult) Catapult Catapult (Catapult) Catapult [Verse 3] When we were little boys When we were little girls It's nine o'clock, don't try to turn it off Cowered in a hole, open your mouth We in step, in hand Your mother remembers this Hear the howl of the rope A question [Pre-Chorus] Did we miss anything? Did we miss anything? Did we miss anything? Did we miss anything? [Chorus] Catapult (Catapult) Catapult Catapult (Catapult) Catapult -------- 1983 Murmur -------- -------- Laughing -------- [Verse 1] Laocoön and her two sons Pressured storm, try to move No other more emotion bound Martyred, misconstrued [Chorus] Lighted In a room Lanky room Lighted, lighted Laughing in tune Lighted, lighted Laughing [Verse 2] Laocoön and her two sons Run the gamut, sated view Know them more, emotion bound Martyred, misconstrued [Chorus] Lighted In a room Lanky room Lighted, lighted Laughing in tune Lighted, lighted Laughing [Bridge] In a room Lock the door Latch the room Lighted, lighted Laughing [Verse 3] Laocoön and her two sons Ran the gamut, settled new Find a place fit to laugh Lock the doors and latch the room [Chorus] Lighted In a room Lanky room Lighted, lighted Laughing in tune Lighted, lighted Laughing in tune [Outro] Lighted, lighted Laughing in tunes Lighted, lighted Laughing in tunes -------- 1983 Murmur -------- -------- Moral Kiosk -------- [Verse 1] Scratch the scandals in the twilight Trying to shock, but instead Idle hands all orient to her Pass a magic pillow under head [Chorus] It's so much more attractive Inside the moral kiosk Inside cold dark fire twilight Inside cold dark fire twilight [Verse 2] Scratch the scandals in the twilight She was laughing like a Horae Without being sour landslide Take the steps to dash a roving eye [Chorus] It's so much more attractive Inside the moral kiosk Inside cold dark fire twilight Inside cold dark fire twilight [Verse 1] Scratch the scandals in the twilight Trying to shock but instead Idle hands all orient to her Pass a magic pillow under head [Chorus] It's so much more attractive Inside the moral kiosk Inside cold dark fire twilight Inside cold dark fire twilight [Outro] Inside cold dark fire twilight Inside cold dark fire twilight -------- 1983 Murmur -------- -------- Perfect Circle -------- [Verse 1] Put your hair back, we get to leave Eleven gallows on your sleeve Shallow figure, winners paid Eleven shadows way out of place [Chorus] Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room [Verse 2] Pull your dress on and stay real close Who might leave you where I left off? A perfect circle of acquaintances and friends Drink another, coin a phrase [Chorus 2] Heaven assume, shoulders high in the room Heaven assume, shoulders high in the room Heaven assume, shoulders high in the room [Verse 3] Try to win and suit your needs Speak out sometimes but try to win [Chorus] Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room -------- 1983 Murmur -------- -------- Pilgrimage -------- [Intro] Take a turn Take a turn Take a fortune Take a fortune [Verse 1] They called the clip A two-headed cow Your hate, clipped and distant Your luck with pilgrimage Rest assured, this will not last Take a turn for the worst Your hate, clipped and distant Your luck, a two-headed cow [Chorus] The pilgrimage Has gained momentum Take a turn Take a turn Take a fortune Take a fortune [Verse 2] Speaking in tongues It's worth a broken lip Your hate, clipped and distant Your luck with pilgrimage Rest assured, this will not last Take a turn for the worst Your hate, clipped and distant Your luck, a two-headed cow [Chorus] The pilgrimage Has gained momentum Take a turn (Take a turn) Take your turn (Take a turn) Take a fortune (Take a turn) Take a fortune [Bridge] (Ah) Pilgrimage (Ah) Pilgrimage [Verse 3] Speaking in tongues It's worth a broken lip Your hate, clipped and distant Your luck... Rest assured, this will not last Take a turn for the worst Your hate, clipped and distant Your luck, two-headed... [Chorus] The pilgrimage Has gained momentum Take a turn (Take a turn) Take your turn (Take a turn) Take a fortune (Take a turn) Take your fortune [Bridge] (Ah) Pilgrimage (Ah) Pilgrimage [Chorus] Pilgrimage Has gained momentum Take your turn (Take a turn) Take your turn (Take a turn) Take your fortune (Take a turn) Take your fortune (Take a turn) Take your turn (Take a turn) Take your turn (Take a turn) Take your fortune (Take a turn) Take your fortune -------- 1983 Murmur -------- -------- Radio Free Europe -------- [Verse 1] Decide yourself if radio's gonna stay Reason, it could polish up the gray Put that, put that, put that up your wall That this isn't country at all [Pre-Chorus 1] Ray beam station Beside yourself [Verse 2] Keep me out of country and the word Deal the porch is leading us absurd Push that, push that, push that to the hull That this isn't nothing at all [Pre-Chorus 2] Straight off the boat Where to go? [Chorus] Callin' out in transit Callin' out in transit Radio Free Europe Radio [Verse 3] Beside defyin' media too fast Instead of pushin' palaces to fall Put that, put that, put that before all That this isn't fortunate at all [Pre-Chorus 1] Ray beam station Beside yourself [Chorus] Callin' on in transit Callin' on in transit Radio Free Europe Radio [Bridge] Beside yourself Callin' on a boat Media's too fast [Verse 4] Keep me out of country and the word Disappointers into us, absurd [Pre-Chorus 2] Straight off the boat Where to go? [Chorus] Callin' on in transit Callin' on in transit Radio Free Europe Radio Free Europe [Outro] Callin' on in transit Callin' on in transit Radio Free Europe Radio Free Europe -------- 1983 Murmur -------- -------- Shaking Through -------- [Verse 1] Could it be that one small voice Doesn't count in the room Yellow like a geisha gown Denying all the way Could this by three be ten Honor marches on Yellow like a geisha gown Denial all the way [Chorus] Shaking through Opportune Shaking through Opportune [Verse 2] Are we grown way too far Taking after rain Yellow like a geisha gown Denying all the way [Chorus] Shaking through Opportune Shaking through Opportune [Bridge] In my life [Verse 3] Ears that are still Children of today on parade Yellow like a geisha gown Denying all the way [Chorus] Shaking through Opportune Shaking through Opportune [Outro] Shaking through Opportune Shaking through Opportune -------- 1983 Murmur -------- -------- Sitting Still -------- [Verse 1] This name I got we all agreed C could stop, stop it well read We could bind it in the scythe We could gather, throw a fit [Chorus] Up to par and Katie bar The kitchen signs but not me in Sit and try for the big kill A waste of time sitting still [Verse 2] I'm the sun and you can read I'm the sign and you're not deaf We could bind it in the scythe We could gather, throw a fit [Chorus] Up to par and Katie bars The kitchen signs but not me in Sit and try for the big kill A waste of time sitting still I can hear you I can hear you I can hear you [Verse 3] This name I got we all agreed C could stop, stop it well read We could bind it in the scythe We could gather, throw a fit [Chorus] Up to par and Katie bars The kitchen signs but not me in Sit and try for the big kill A waste of time sitting still I can hear you I can hear you I can hear you [Verse 4] You can gather when I talk Talk until you're blue You could get away from me Get away from me [Chorus] I'm up to par and Katie bars The kitchen signs but not me in Sit and try for the big kill A waste of time sitting still I can hear you I can hear you I can hear you [Outro] I can hear you I can hear you I can hear you Can you hear me? -------- 1983 Murmur -------- -------- Talk About the Passion -------- [Verse] Empty prayer, empty mouths Combien reaction Empty prayer, empty mouths Talk about the passion Not everyone can carry the weight of the world Not everyone can carry the weight of the world [Chorus] Talk about the passion Talk about the passion [Verse] Empty prayer, empty mouths Combien reaction Empty prayer, empty mouths Talk about the passion Combien Combien Combien de temps? [Chorus] Talk about the passion Talk about the passion [Verse 2] Not everyone can carry the weight of the world Not everyone can carry the weight of the world Combien Combien Combien de temps? [Chorus] Talk about the passion Talk about the passion Talk about the passion Talk about the passion Talk about the passion -------- 1983 Murmur -------- -------- We Walk -------- [Verse 1] Up the stairs to the landing, up the stairs into the hall Take oasis, Marat's bathing [Pre-Chorus] We walk through the woods We walk [Verse 1] Up the stairs to the landing, up the stairs into the hall Take oasis, Marat's bathing [Pre-Chorus] We walk through the woods We walk [Chorus] Take oasis Take oasis Take oasis Take oasis [Verse 1] Up the stairs to the landing, up the stairs into the hall Take oasis, Marat's bathing [Pre-Chorus] We walk through the woods We walk [Verse 1] Up the stairs to the landing, up the stairs into the hall Take oasis, Marat's bathing [Verse 1] Up the stairs to the landing, up the stairs into the hall Take oasis, Marat's bathing [Outro] Up the stairs to the landing, up the stairs into the hall Into the, oh, oh Into the, oh, up Up, up, up, up Up, up, up, up -------- 1983 Murmur -------- -------- West of the Fields -------- [Verse 1] Long gone intuition To assume are gone When we try I dream of a living jungle Heed my way back home When we die [Chorus] West of the fields, west of the fields West of the fields, west of the fields Long gone, long gone Long gone, long gone West of the fields [Verse 2] Dreams of Elysian To assume are gone When we try Tell now what is dreaming When we try and listen with your eyes Oversimplify [Chorus] West of the fields, west of the fields West of the fields, west of the fields Long gone, long gone Long gone, long gone West of the fields [Bridge] The antelopes are strange Trying to sicken me The antelopes are strange Trying to sicken me [Verse 3] Dreams of Elysian To assume are gone When we try Tell now what is dreaming When we try to listen to your eyes When we die [Chorus] West of the fields, west of the fields West of the fields, west of the fields Long gone, long gone Long gone, long gone West of the fields West of the fields, west of the fields West of the fields, west of the fields Long gone, long gone Long gone, long gone West of the fields -------- 1984 Reckoning -------- -------- (Don't Go Back To) Rockville -------- [Verse 1] Looking at your watch a third time Waiting in the station for the bus Going to a place that's far So far away and if that's not enough Going where nobody says hello They don't talk to anybody they don't know [Verse 2] You'll wind up in some factory That's full-time filth and nowhere left to go Walk home to an empty house Sit around all by yourself I know it might sound strange but I believe You'll be coming back before too long [Chorus] Don't go back to Rockville Don't go back to Rockville Don't go back to Rockville And waste another year [Verse 3] At night, I drink myself to sleep And pretend I don't care that you're not here with me 'Cause it's so much easier to handle All my problems if I'm too far out to sea But something better happen soon Or it's gonna be too late to bring you back [Chorus] Don't go back to Rockville, don't go back to Rockville Don't go back to Rockville and waste another year [Verse 4] It's not as though I really need you If you were here, I'd only bleed you But everybody else in town only wants to bring you down And that's not how it ought to be I know it might sound strange but I believe You'll be coming back before too long [Chorus] Don't go back to Rockville Don't go back to Rockville Don't go back to Rockville And waste another year Don't go back to Rockville Don't go back to Rockville Don't go back to Rockville And waste another year -------- 1984 Reckoning -------- -------- 7 Chinese Bros. -------- [Verse 1] The smell of sweet, short-haired boy Woman offers, "Pull up a seat." Take in one symphony now We've just begun to battle Wrap your heel in bones of steel Turn the leg, a twist of color Autumn waited, hold it to you In the colored, come another [Chorus] Seven Chinese brothers swallowing the ocean Seven thousand years to sleep away the pain She'll return She will return [Verse 2] The smell of sweet, short-haired boy Woman offers, "Pull up a seat." Take in one symphony now We've just begun to battle Wrap your heel in bones of steel Turn the leg, a twist of color Autumn waded seven seas Swim the color, come another [Chorus] Seven Chinese brothers swallowing the ocean Seven thousand years to sleep away the pain She will return She'll return (She will return) (She will return) Oh [Verse 3] The smell of sweet, short-haired boy Woman offers, "Pull up a chair." Take in one symphony, Mao I guess we lost that battle Wrap your heel in bones of steel Turn the leg, a twist of color Autumn waded seven seas Swim the color, come another [Chorus] Seven Chinese brothers swallowing the ocean Seven thousand years the Communi did reign She will return She'll return She will return She'll return -------- 1984 Reckoning -------- -------- Camera -------- [Verse 1] From the inside room When the front room greeting becomes your special book It was simple then When the party lulls If we fall by the side Will you be remembered? Will she be remembered? [Chorus] Alone in a crowd A borrowed lantern bartered If I'm to be your camera Then who will be your face? [Verse 2] I fell by your bed once I didn't wanna tell you I should keep myself In between the pages Of the green light room If we fall by the side Will you be remembered? Will she be remembered? [Chorus] Alone in a crowd A bartered lantern borrowed If I'm to be your camera Then who will be your face? [Verse 3] From the inside room When the front room greeting becomes your special book It was simple then When the party lulls If we fall by the side I still like you Can you remember? [Chorus] Alone in a crowd A bartered lantern borrowed If I'm to be your camera Then who will be your face? Alone in a crowd A bartered lantern borrowed If I'm to be your camera Then who will be your face? -------- 1984 Reckoning -------- -------- Harborcoat -------- [Verse 1] They crowded up to Lenin with their noses worn off A handshake is worthy, if it's all that you've got Metal shivs on wood pushed through our back There's a splinter in your eye and it reads 'react' [Verse 2] They've shifted the statues for harboring ghosts (Laocoön is host) Reddened their necks and collared their clothes (The library hollowed) Then we ditched the books with the middles cut out (Friendly harbor ghosts) She gathered the corners and collared her gown (She wanted to tell it to you) She said... [Chorus] Ooh (Please help me, please) Find my harbor coat (Harborcoat is long away) Can't go outside without it (Harborcoat is gone, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa) (Please help me, please) Find my harbor coat (Harborcoat is long away) Can't go outside without it (Harborcoat is gone, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa) [Verse 3] They crowded up to Lenin with their noses worn off (Tell her I will send hers ahead) A handshake is worthy, if it's all that you've got (You'll have done no wrong) Metal shivs on wood pushed through our back (Would I kiss her ass?) There's a splinter in your eye and it reads 'react' (Would I read the signs?) R-E-A-C-T [Chorus] Ooh (Please help me, please) Find my harbor coat (Harborcoat is long away) Can't go outside without it (Harborcoat is gone, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa) (Please help me, please) Find my harbor coat (Harborcoat is long away) Can't go outside without it (Harborcoat is gone, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa) [Verse 4] They've shifted the statues for harboring ghosts (With your feathers in) Reddened their necks and collared their clothes (You'll have done no wrong) Then we danced the dance 'til the menace got out (Friendly harbor ghosts) She gathered the corners and collared her gown (She went to tell her son) She said [Chorus] Ooh (Please help me, please) Find my harbor coat (Harborcoat is long away) Can't go outside without it (Harborcoat is gone, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa) (Please help me, please) Find my harbor coat (Harborcoat is long away) Can't go outside without it (Harborcoat is gone, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa) -------- 1984 Reckoning -------- -------- Letter Never Sent -------- [Verse 1: Michael Stipe] It's been pretty simple so far Vacation in Athens is calling me And knock, knock, knock on wood I thought I'd left you behind [Chorus: Michael Stipe/Bill Berry] Heaven is yours Heaven is yours Heaven is yours where I live [Verse 2: Michael Stipe] I followed the catacombs Left my soul at home This letter never sent [Pre-Chorus: Mike Mills] And it's so far It's so dark I'm so lost [Chorus: Michael Stipe/Bill Berry/Mike Mills] Heaven is yours (Another story) Heaven is yours (Another story for a while) Heaven is yours where I live (Someone, show me) [Bridge: Michael Stipe/Mike Mills] When I’m moving too fast Where’s my new address? [Verse 3: Michael Stipe] The water's receiving me now The catacombs are filling in If my soul was made of stone No, not, not so dark, dark [Pre-Chorus: Mike Mills] And it's so far It's so dark I'm so lost And it's so far It's so dark I'm so lost [Chorus 1: Michael Stipe/Bill Berry/Mike Mills] Heaven is yours (Another story) Heaven is yours (Another story for a while) Heaven is yours where I live (Someone, show me) Heaven is yours (Another story) Heaven is yours (Another story for a while) Heaven is yours where I live (Someone, show me) -------- 1984 Reckoning -------- -------- Little America -------- [Verse 1] I can't see myself at thirty I don't buy a lacquered thirty Caught like flies, preserved for tomorrow's jewelry, again Lighted in the amber yard A green shellback, green shellback Preserved for tomorrow's eyes, in a tree beer tar-black br'er sap [Chorus] The biggest wagon is the empty wagon is the noisiest The consul, a horse, Jefferson, I think we're lost [Verse 2] Who will tend the farm museums? Who will dust today's belongings? Who will sweep the floor, hedging near the givens? Rally 'round your leaders It's the mediator season Diane is on the beach, do you realize the life she's led? [Chorus] The biggest wagon is the empty wagon is the noisiest The consul, a horse, oh man, I think we're lost [Bridge] The biggest wagon is the empty wagon is the noisiest A matter, of course, Jefferson, drive it [Verse 3] Lighted in the amber yard A green shellback, green shellback Skylight, sty-tied, Nero pie-tied, in a tree tar-black br'er sap Reason has harnessed the tame, a lodging, not stockader's game Another Greenville, another Magic Mart Jeffers, grab your fiddle [Chorus] The biggest wagon is the empty wagon is the noisiest The consul, a horse, Jefferson, I think we're lost The biggest wagon is the empty wagon is the noisiest The consul, a horse, Jefferson, I think we're lost Lost -------- 1984 Reckoning -------- -------- Moon River -------- [Verse] Moon River, wider than a mile I'm crossing you in style someday You dream maker You heart-breaker Wherever you're going I'm going your way Two drifters off to see the world There's such a lot of world to see We're after the same rainbow's end Waiting round the bend My Huckleberry friend Moon River and me -------- 1984 Reckoning -------- -------- Pretty Persuasion -------- [Verse 1] It's what I want Hurry and buy All has been tried Follow reason and buy [Pre-Chorus] Cannot shuffle in this heat It's all wrong Try to put that on your sleeve It's all wrong, it's all wrong [Chorus] He's got pretty persuasion She's got pretty persuasion Goddamn, pure confusion She's got pretty persuasion [Verse 2] It's what I want Hurry and buy All has been tried Follow reasoning [Pre-Chorus] Cannot put that in this heat It's all wrong Try to wear that on my sleeve It's all wrong, all wrong [Chorus] He's got pretty persuasion She's got pretty persuasion Goddamn, pure confusion He's got pretty persuasion [Bridge] In the light, I saw Quite a scene in there [Verse 3] It's what I want Hurry and buy All has been tried Follow reason and buy [Pre-Chorus] Try to put that in this heat It's all wrong Cannot wear that on your sleeve It's all wrong, all wrong [Chorus] He's got pretty persuasion She's got pretty persuasion Goddamn, pure confusion He's got pretty persua... -------- 1984 Reckoning -------- -------- Second Guessing -------- [Verse 1] Why are you trying to second guess me? I am tired of second guessing What will be your look this season? Who will be your book this season? [Verse 2] Why are you trying to second guess me? I am tired of second guessing What will be your look this season? Who will be your book this season? [Chorus] Here we are Here we are Here we are [Verse 3] Why are you trying to second guess me? I am tired of second guessing What will be your look this season? Be in my club, write a book this season [Chorus] Here we are Here we are Here we are Here we are Here we are Here we are -------- 1984 Reckoning -------- -------- So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) -------- [Verse 1] Did you never call? I waited for your call These rivers of suggestion are driving me away The trees will bend, the cities wash away The city on the river, there is a girl without a dream [Chorus] I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry [Verse 2] Eastern to Mountain, third party call, the lines are down The wise man built his words upon the rocks But I'm not bound to follow suit The trees will bend, the conversation's dimmed Go build yourself another home, this choice isn't mine [Chorus] I'm sorry I'm sorry [Verse 3] Did you never call? I waited for your call These rivers of suggestion are driving me away The ocean sang, the conversation's dimmed Go build yourself another dream, this choice isn't mine [Chorus] I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry -------- 1984 Reckoning -------- -------- Time After Time (Annelise) -------- [Verse 1] Ask the girl of the hour By the water tower's watch If your friends took a fall Are you obligated to follow? [Chorus] Time after time after time [Verse 2] When the bull's on his hooves Will you gather friends by the tower? If you try to refuse Will they judge your worth by the hour? [Chorus] Time after time after time Time after time after time [Verse 3] If you're tired and you've tried You can find me in my room You can stay if you want But the third time you can't lose [Chorus] Time after time after time Time after time after time [Verse 4] Ask the girl of the hour By the water tower's watch We can fight if you want But who will turn out the lights? [Chorus] Time after time after time Time after time after time [Outro] Time after time after time Time after time after... -------- 1984 Reckoning -------- -------- Wind Out (With Friends) (Ft. Bertis Downs IV & Jefferson Holt) -------- Windout - if you're out of wind Windout - if you're really spent Windout - if you're young and red Yeah, tick tock, it's tine o'clock Once is good enough, you really go... So find out - if you're really spent Find out - if you're out of wind Windout - if you're out of sin Winding up There's no doubt - that you're feeling fine No doubt - that you're out of mind No doubt - that you're young and red Windout - if you're really spent Find out - if you're young and red Windout - if you're out of wind If you're young and red Tick tock time to clock my band Once is good enough, you really go... Windout, find out, no doubt Windout, find out, no doubt Windout, windout, windout -------- 1984 Reckoning -------- -------- Windout -------- [Chorus 1] Windout, if you're out of wind Windout, if you're really spent Windout, if you're young and red [Chorus 2] Yeah, tick tock, it's tine o'clock Once is good enough, you really go [Verse 1] So find out - if you're really spent Find out - if you're out of wind Windout - if you're out of sin [Chorus 2] [Verse 2] There's no doubt - that you're feeling fine No doubt - that you're out of mind No doubt - that you're young and red Windout - if you're really spent Find out - if you're young and red Windout - if you're out of wind If you're young and red Tick tock time to clock my band Once is good enough, you really go [Outro] Windout, find out, no doubt[x2] Windout, windout, windout -------- 1985 Fables of Reconstruction -------- -------- Auctioneer (Another Engine) -------- [Verse 1] She didn't want to get pinned down by her prior town Get me to the train on time, here, take this nickel, make a dime Take this penny and make it into a necklace when I leave What is at the other end? I don't know, another friend Another wife, another morning spent [Chorus] Listen, listen to the auctioneer Another engine, another engine [Verse 2] We never wrote the reasons that I need explained Some things are givens and others get away This time, it's for myself, you call it what you may Okay, we won't say goodbye so long, so much more [Chorus] And listen to the auctioneer Another engine, another engine [Bridge] Listen to the bargain holler Listen to the barter holler Listen to the auctioneer [Verse 3] Get me to the train on time Here, take this nickel, make a dime Take this penny and make it into a necklace when I leave What is at the other end? I don't know, another friend Another wife, another morning spent [Chorus] Listen, listen to the auctioneer Another engine, another engine Another engine, another engine [Outro] Do I stand the bargain holler? Listen to the barter holler -------- 1985 Fables of Reconstruction -------- -------- Can't Get There from Here -------- [Verse 1] When the world is a monster Bad to swallow you whole Kick the clay that holds the teeth in Throw your trolls out the door If you're needing inspiration Philomath is where I go by dawn Lawyer Jeff, he knows the lowdown He's mighty bad to visit home [Chorus] (I've been there, I know the way) Can't get there from here (I've been there, I know the way) Can't get there from here (I've been there, I know the way) Can't get there from here (I've been there, I know the way) [Verse 2] When your hands are feeling empty Stick head jumping off the ground, ground Tris is sure to shirr the deer out Brother Ray can sing my song [Chorus] (I've been there, I know the way) Can't get there from here (I've been there, I know the way) Can't get there from here (I've been there, I know the way) Can't get there from here, here, here (I've been there, I know the way) [Bridge] Hands down, Calechee bound Landlocked, kiss the ground Dirt of seven continents going 'round and 'round Go on ahead, Mr. Citywide, hypnotized, suit-and-tied Gentlemen, testify [Verse 3] If your world is a monster Bad to swallow you whole Philomath, they know the lowdown Throw your trolls out the door [Chorus] (I've been there, I know the way) Can't get there from here (I've been there, I know the way) Can't get there from here (I've been there, I know the way) Can't get there from here (I've been there, I know the way) Can't get there from here (I've been there, I know the way) Can't get there from here (I've been there, I know the way) Can't get there from here (I've been there, I know the way) Can't get there from here (I've been there, I know the way) [Thanks, Rick] -------- 1985 Fables of Reconstruction -------- -------- Driver 8 -------- [Verse 1] The walls you build up, stone by stone The fields divided one by one And the train conductor says, "take a break, Driver 8 Driver 8, take a break, we've been on this shift too long." [Chorus] And the train conductor says (Driver 8) "Take a break, Driver 8 (Driver 8) Driver 8, take a break We can reach our destination But we're still a ways away." (But it's still a ways away) [Verse 2] I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm The power lines have floaters so the airplanes won't get snagged The bells are ringing through the town again The children look up, all they hear is sky-blue bells ringing [Chorus] And the train conductor says (Driver 8) "Take a break, Driver 8 (Driver 8) Driver 8, take a break We can reach our destination But we're still a ways away." (But it's still a ways away) But we're still a ways away (But it's still a ways away) [Bridge] A way to shield the hated heat A way to put myself to sleep A way to shield the hated heat A way to put myself, my children to sleep [Verse 3] He piloted this song in a plane like that one She is selling faith on the Go Tell crusade Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent, hear the bells ring again The field to weed is looking thin [Chorus] And the train conductor says (Driver 8) "Take a break, Driver 8 (Driver 8) Driver 8, take a break We've been on this shift too long." And the train conductor says "Take a break, Driver 8 Driver 8, take a break We can reach our destination But we're still a ways away." (But it's still a ways away) But we're still a ways away (But it's still a ways away) -------- 1985 Fables of Reconstruction -------- -------- Feeling Gravitys Pull -------- [Verse 1] I fell asleep and read just about every paragraph Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around Peel back the mountains, peel back the sky Stomp gravity into the floor It's a Man Ray kind of sky Let me show you what I can do with it Time and distance are out of place here [Chorus] Step up, step up Step up, the sky is open-armed When the light is mine I felt gravity pull [Verse 2] Somewhere near the end, it said "You can't do this." I said, "I can, too." Ships sway and rivers shift Oceans form and mountains drift It's a Man Ray kind of sky Let me show you what I can do with it [Chorus] Step up, step up Step up, the sky is open-armed When the light is mine I felt gravity pull onto my eyes Holding my head straight (Looking down) This is the easiest task I ever had to do [Verse 3] I fell asleep and read just about every paragraph Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around Ships sway and rivers shift Oceans form and mountains drift It's a Man Ray kind of sky Let me show you what I can do with it Time and distance are out of place here [Chorus] Step up, step up Step up, the sky is open-armed When the light is mine I felt gravity pull onto my eyes Holding my head straight (Looking down) This is the easiest task I ever had to do [Outro] Reason had harnessed the tame Holding the sky in their arms Gravity pulls me down -------- 1985 Fables of Reconstruction -------- -------- Good Advices -------- [Verse 1] When you greet a stranger Look at his shoes Keep your money in your shoes Put your trouble behind When you greet a stranger Look at her hands Keep your money in your hands Put your travel behind [Pre-Chorus] Who are you going to call for? What do you have to say? Keep your hat on your head Home is a long way away [Chorus 1] At the end of the day, I'll forget your name I'd like it here if I could leave And see you from a long way away [Verse 2] When you greet a stranger Look at his shoes Keep your memories in your shoes Put your travel behind [Pre-Chorus] Who are you going to call for? What do you have to say? Keep your hat on your head Home is a long way away [Chorus 2] At the end of the day When there are no friends When there are no lovers Who are you going to call for? What do you have to change? A familiar face, a foreign place I'll forget your name I'd like it here if I could leave And see you from a long way away [Outro] Who are you going to call for? What do you have to say? Keep your hat on your head Home is a long way away -------- 1985 Fables of Reconstruction -------- -------- Green Grow the Rushes -------- [Verse 1] The wheelbarrow's fallen Look at my hands They've found some surplus cheaper hands Rubbing palms and pick and choose Who will they choose? Here is the news [Verse 2] Look at that building Look at this man Haloed and whitewashed Gone to find a cheaper hand He'll offer a pound Offer a pound [Chorus] Green grow the rushes go Green grow the rushes go Green grow the rushes go The compass points the workers home [Verse 3] Pay for your freedom Or find another gate Guilt by associate The rushes wilted a long time ago Guilty as you go [Verse 4] Stay off that highway Word is, it's not so safe The grasses that hide the greenback The amber waves of gain again The amber waves of grain [Chorus] Green grow the rushes go Green grow the rushes go Green grow the rushes go The compass points the workers home [Outro] La-la-la la la lye (Green grow the rushes go) La-la-la la la lye (Green grow the rushes go) La-la-la la la lye (Green grow the rushes go) [Outro] La-la-la la la lye (Green grow the rushes go) La-la-la la la lye (Green grow the rushes go) La-la-la la la lye (Green grow the rushes go) -------- 1985 Fables of Reconstruction -------- -------- Kohoutek -------- [Intro] Who will stand alone? [Verse 1] She carried ribbons, she wore them out Courage built a bridge, jealousy tore it down At least it's something you've left behind And like Kohoutek, you were gone [Chorus] We sat in the garden, we stood on the porch I won't deny myself, we never talked [Verse 2] She wore bangles, she wore bells on her toes And she jumped like a fish Like a flying friend, you were gone Like Kohoutek, can't forget that [Chorus] Fever built a bridge, reason tore it down If I am one to follow, who will stand alone? [Bridge] Maybe you're not the problem, scissors, paper, stone If you stand and holler, these prayers will talk [Verse 3] She carried ribbons, she wore them out Michael built a bridge, Michael tore it down At least it's something you've left behind Like Kohoutek, you were gone [Chorus] Michael built a bridge, Michael tore it down If I stand and holler, will I stand alone? -------- 1985 Fables of Reconstruction -------- -------- Life and How to Live It -------- [Verse 1] Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way Two doors to go between the wall was raised today Two doors, two names to call your others and your own Keep these books well stocked away and take your happy home [Chorus] My carpenter's out and running about and talking to the street My pockets are out and running about and barking in the street To tell what I have hidden there [Verse 2] Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way Two doors to go between the wall was raised today Raise the walls to chide its flaws, the carpenter should rest So that when you tire of one side, the other serves you best [Chorus] My carpenter's out and running about and talking to the street My pockets are out and running about and barking in the street To tell what I have hidden there [Bridge] The hills ringing hear the words in time Listen to the holler Listen to my walls within my tongue Can't you see you made my ears go tin? The air quicken tension building inference and suddenly Life and how to live it [Verse 3] Raise the walls to chide its flaws, the carpenter should rest So that when you tire of one side, the other serves you best Read about the wisdom lost, the knock-knock-knock A secret knock, one hammer's locked, the other wisdom lost [Chorus] My carpenter's out and running about and talking to the street My pockets are out and running about and barking in the street To tell what I have hidden there My carpenter's out and running about and barking in the... Listen to the holler My pockets are out and running about and barking in the street To tell what I have hidden there [Outro] Listen, listen to the holler I'm gonna write a book, it will be called Life and How to Live It -------- 1985 Fables of Reconstruction -------- -------- Maps and Legends -------- [Intro] He's not to be reached, he's to be reached He's not to be reached, he's to be reached [Verse 1] Called the fool and the company On his own, where he'd rather be Where he ought to be And he sees what you can't see, can't you see that? (He sees what you can't see) [Chorus] Maybe he's caught in the legend Maybe he's caught in the mood Maybe these maps and legends Have been misunderstood [Verse 2] Down the way, the road's divided Paint me the places you've seen Those who know what I don't know Refer to the yellow, red, and green (Can't you see that?) [Chorus] Maybe he's caught in the legend Maybe he's caught in the mood Maybe these maps and legends Have been misunderstood [Bridge] He's not to be reached, he's to be reached He's not to be reached, he's to be reached He's not to be reached, he's to be reached He's not to be reached, he's to be reached [Verse 3] The map that you've painted doesn't seem real He just sings whatever he's seen Point to the legend, point to the east Point to the yellow, red, and green [Chorus] Maybe he's caught in the legend Maybe he's caught in the mood Maybe these maps and legends Have been misunderstood Have been misunderstood [Outro] Is he to be reached? He's not to be reached Is he to be reached? He's not to be reached Is he to be reached? He's not to be reached anymore -------- 1985 Fables of Reconstruction -------- -------- Old Man Kensey -------- [Verse 1] Old man Kensey Wants to be a sign painter First, he's got to learn to read He's going to be a clown on TV Flexes his elbow, taut and free (That's my folly) I believe [Chorus] Drink up the lake Kensey's awake (If that's my folly) That's my mistake [Verse 2] Old man Kensey Wants to be a goalie First, he's got to learn to count He's going to be a clown on a circus mount Letters to me signed in sopped up tar (That's my folly) Kensey's going far [Chorus] John, Bill and Ed Stand on your head (If that's my folly) I'm ready to go [Verse 3] Old man Kensey Wants to be a dog catcher First, he's got to learn to stand He's gonna be a clown in a marching band Letters to me signed, ransom, greed (If that's my folly) I believe [Chorus] Drink up the lake John, Bill and Ed (If that's my folly) That's my mistake Kensey's awake Stand on your head (If that's my folly) I'm ready to go [Outro] Drink up the lake Stand on your head (If that's my folly) I'm ready to go -------- 1985 Fables of Reconstruction -------- -------- Wendell Gee -------- [Verse 1] That's when Wendell Gee Takes a tug upon the string That held the line of trees Behind the house he lived in He was reared to give respect But somewhere down the line, he chose... [Chorus] To whistle as the wind blows (Gonna miss you, boy) And whistle as the wind blows through the leaves (Gonna miss you, boy) [Verse 2] He had a dream one night That the tree had lost its middle So he built a trunk of chicken wire To try to hold it up But the wire, the wire turned to lizard skin And when he climbed inside... [Chorus] There wasn't even time to say (Gonna miss you, boy) Goodbye to Wendell Gee (Gonna miss you, boy) So whistle as the wind blows (Gonna miss you, boy) Whistle as the wind blows with me (Gonna miss you, boy) [Chorus] There wasn't even time to say (Gonna miss you, boy) Goodbye to Wendell Gee (Gonna miss you, boy) So whistle as the wind blows (Gonna miss you, boy) And listen as the wind blows through the leaves (Gonna miss you, boy) [Outro] If the wind were colors (Gonna miss you, boy) And if the air could speak (Gonna miss you, boy) Then whistle as the wind blows (Gonna miss you, boy) And whistle as the wind blows (Gonna miss you, boy) -------- 1986 Lifes Rich Pageant -------- -------- (I Am) Superman -------- [Intro, translated from Japanese] This is a special news report: Godzilla has been sighted in Tokyo Bay! The attack on it by the Self-Defense Force has been useless! He is heading towards the city! AAAAAAAAAGH--! [Chorus] I am, (I am) I am Superman And I know what's happening I am, (I am) I am Superman And I can do anything [Verse 1] You don't really love that guy You make it with, now, do you? I know you don't love that guy 'Cause I can see right through you [Chorus] I am, (I am) I am Superman And I know what's happening I am, (I am) I am Superman And I can do anything [Verse 2] If you go a million miles away I'll track you down, girl Trust me when I say I know The pathway to your heart [Verse 2] If you go a million miles away I'll track you down, girl Trust me when I say I know The pathway to your heart [Chorus] (I am, I am Superman) (And I know what's happening) I am, (I am) I am Superman And I can do anything (Hey, hey) [Outro] I am, (I am) I am Superman And I know what's happening (Hey, hey) I am, (I am) I am Superman And I can do anything -------- 1986 Lifes Rich Pageant -------- -------- Begin the Begin -------- Birdie in the hand for life's rich demand The insurgency began and you missed it I looked for it and I found it Myles Standish proud, congratulate me A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe Life's rich demand creates supply in the hand Of the powers, the only vote that matters Silence means security, silence means approval Watching zenith on the TV, tiger run around the tree Follow the leader, run and turn into butter Let's begin again, begin the begin Let's begin again like Martin Luther, Zen The mythology begins the begin Answer me a question, I can't itemize, I can't think clearly Look to me for reason, it's not there I can't even rhyme in the begin A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe Example, the finest example is you A birdie in the hand for life's rich demand The insurgency began and you missed it I looked for it and I found it Miles Standish proud, congratulate me A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe Let's begin again, begin the begin Let's begin again -------- 1986 Lifes Rich Pageant -------- -------- Cuyahoga -------- [Verse 1] Let's put our heads together And start a new country up Our father's father's father tried Erased the parts he didn't like Let's try to fill it in Bank the quarry river, swim We knee-skinned it you and me We knee-skinned that river red [Chorus] This is where we walked This is where we swam Take a picture here Take a souvenir [Verse 2] This land is the land of ours This river runs red over it We knee-skinned it you and me We knee-skinned that river red And we gathered up our friends Bank the quarry river, swim We knee-skinned it you and me Up underneath the river bed [Chorus] This is where we walked This is where we swam Take a picture here Take a souvenir Cuyahoga Cuyahoga, gone [Bridge] Let's put our heads together And start a new country up Up underneath the river bed We'll burn the river down [Chorus] This is where they walked, swam Hunted, danced and sang Take a picture here Take a souvenir Cuyahoga Cuyahoga, gone [Verse 3] Rewrite the book and rule the pages Saving face, secured in faith Bury, burn the waste behind you This land is the land of ours This river runs red over it We are not your allies We cannot defend [Chorus] This is where they walked This is where they swam Take a picture here Take a souvenir Cuyahoga Cuyahoga, gone [Outro] Cuyahoga Cuyahoga, gone -------- 1986 Lifes Rich Pageant -------- -------- Fall On Me -------- [Verse 1: Michael Stipe] There's the problem, feathers, iron Bargain buildings, weights and pulleys Feathers hit the ground Before the weight can leave the air [Pre-Chorus 1: Michael Stipe] Buy the sky and sell the sky And tell the sky, and tell the sky [Chorus: Michael Stipe/Mike Mills] Don't fall on me (What is it up in the air for?) Fall on me (If it's there for long) Fall on me (It's over, it's over me) [Verse 2: Michael Stipe] There's the progress We have found a way to talk around the problem Building towers Foresight isn't anything at all [Pre-Chorus 2: Michael Stipe] Buy the sky and sell the sky And bleed the sky and tell the sky [Chorus] Don't fall on me (What is it up in the air for?) Fall on me (If it's there for long) Fall on me (It's over, it's over me) Fall on me [Bridge: Mike Mills] Well, I would keep it above But then it wouldn't be sky anymore So, if I send it to you You've got to promise to keep it home [Pre-Chorus 3: Michael Stipe] Buy the sky and sell the sky And lift your arms up to the sky And ask the sky and ask the sky [Chorus: Michael Stipe/Mike Mills/Bill Berry] Don't fall on me (What is it up in the air for?) (It’s gonna fall) Fall on me (If it's there for long) (It’s gonna fall) Fall on me (It's over, it's over me) (It’s gonna fall) Don't fall on me (What is it up in the air for?) (It’s gonna fall) Fall on me (If it's there for long) (It’s gonna fall) Fall on me (It's over, it's over me) (It’s gonna fall) Fall on me Don't fall on me (What is it up in the air for?) (It’s gonna fall) Fall on me (If it's there for long) (It’s gonna fall) Fall on me (It's over, it's over me) (It’s gonna fall) Fall on me -------- 1986 Lifes Rich Pageant -------- -------- Hyena -------- [Verse 1] Night time fell at the opening In the final act of the beginning of time Hyena, take your role, the stage is set The town is safe again tonight [Chorus] Hyena (I see the day ahead) Hyena (And all that I've cried through) Hyena (God knows you're doing that, don't you?) [Verse 2] Hyena, sister, look to your hand Man, you serve communal interest She'll tell you when and where and how and why you'd hurt A beautiful young lady [Chorus] Hyena (I see the day ahead) Hyena (And all that I've cried through) Hyena (God knows you're doing that, don't you?) Oh [Verse 3] The only thing to fear is fearlessness The bigger the weapon, the greater the fear Hyena is ambassador to here Nighttime fell like the closing Meager pay, but recognition Hyena crawls on his belly out The town is safe again tonight, oh [Chorus] Hyena (I see the changes, man) Hyena (Going on across the way) Hyena (I see my road ahead) Hyena (Don't know if I should stay) [Outro] Hyena (I see you holding him) Hyena (And all that i've cried through) Hyena (God knows you're doing that, don't you?) Oh -------- 1986 Lifes Rich Pageant -------- -------- I Believe -------- [Verse 1] When I was young and full of grace And spirited a rattlesnake When I was young and fever fell My spirit, I will not tell You're on your honor not to tell I believe in coyotes and time as an abstract Explain the change, the difference between What you want and what you need, there's the key Your adventure for today, what do you do Between the horns of the day? [Chorus] I believe my shirt is wearing thin And change is what I believe [Verse 2] When I was young and give and take And foolish said my fool awake When I was young and fever fell My spirit, I will not tell You're on your honor, on your honor Trust in your calling, make sure your calling's true Think of others, the others think of you Silly rule golden words make Practice, practice makes perfect Perfect is a fault and fault lines change [Chorus] I believe, my humor's wearing thin And change is what I believe in I believe my shirt is wearing thin And change is what I believe [Verse 3] When I was young and full of grace And spirited a rattlesnake When I was young and fever fell My spirit, I will not tell You're on your honor, on you're honor I believe in example, I believe my throat hurts Example is the checker to the key [Chorus] I believe, my humor's wearing thin And I believe the poles are shifting I believe my shirt is wearing thin And change is what I believe in -------- 1986 Lifes Rich Pageant -------- -------- Just a Touch -------- [Verse 1] Oh well, what in the world? Women in black Don't you remember? Sonny's packed A day in the life, well, nobody laughed Look to the days, how long can this last? [Chorus] Kevin heard it on the radio, Hugh informed word of mouth Carla read it in the news, caught it all, just a touch [Verse 2] You set the pace of what was to come I have to carry on now that you're gone A day in the life, nobody laughed Look to the days, how long can this last? [Chorus] Kevin heard it on the radio, Hugh informed word of mouth Oh, Carla read it in the news, caught it all, just a touch [Bridge] There's someone in our dreams, in our pre-assembled dream Lord, Dave, William [Verse 3] Well, what in the world? Women in black Don't you remember? Sonny's, Tyrone's packed A day in the life, well, nobody laughed Look to the days, how long can this last? [Chorus] Kevin heard it on the radio, Hugh informed word of mouth Carla read it in the news, caught it all, just a touch [Outro] Can't see where to worship Popeye, love Al Green I can't see I'm so young, I'm so goddamn young -------- 1986 Lifes Rich Pageant -------- -------- Swan Swan H -------- Swan, swan, hummingbird, hurrah We are all free now What noisy cats are we Girl and dog, he bore his cross Swan, swan, hummingbird, hurrah We are all free now A long, low time ago People talk to me Johnny Reb, what's the price of fans Forty apiece or three for one dollar? Hey, Captain, don't you want to buy Some bone chains and toothpicks Night wings, or hair chains? Here's your wooden greenback, sing Wooden beams and dovetail sweep I struck that picture ninety times I walked that path a hundred ninety Long, low time ago, people talk to me A pistol hot, cup of rhyme The whiskey is water, the water is wine Marching feet, Johnny Reb What's the price of heroes? Six of one, half dozen the other Tell that to the captain's mother Hey, captain, don't you want to buy Some bone chains and toothpicks? Night wings, or hair chains? Swan, swan, hummingbird, hurrah We're all free now What noisy cats are we Long, low time ago, people talk to me A pistol hot cup of rhyme The whiskey is water, the water is wine -------- 1986 Lifes Rich Pageant -------- -------- The Flowers of Guatemala -------- [Verse 1] I've took a picture that I'll have to send People here are friendly and content People here are colorful and bright The flowers often bloom at night [Chorus] Amanita is the name The flowers cover everything The flowers cover everything [Verse 2] There's something here I find hard to ignore There's something that I've never seen before Amanita is the name, they cover over everything [Chorus] The flowers cover everything They cover over everything (Amanita is the name) The flowers cover everything [Bridge] Look into the sun Don't look into the sun [Chorus] The flowers cover everything They cover over everything The flowers cover everything The flowers cover everything They cover over everything The flowers cover everything [Outro] There's something that I've never seen before The flowers often bloom at night Amanita is the name, they cover over everything -------- 1986 Lifes Rich Pageant -------- -------- These Days -------- [Verse 1] I'm not feeding off you, I will rearrange your scales If I can, and I can March into the ocean, march into the sea, had a hat I put it down and it sunk, reached down Yanked it up, slapped it on my head [Chorus] All the people gather Fly to carry each his burden, we are young despite the years We are concerned, we are hope despite the times All of a sudden, these days, happy throngs, take this joy Wherever, wherever [Verse 2] I wish to eat each one of you, and you, me, you If I can, and I can We have many things in common, name three (three, three, three) I had a hat and it sunk, reached down Yanked it up, slapped it on my head [Chorus] All the people gather Fly to carry each his burden, we are young despite the years We are concerned, we are hope despite the times All of a sudden, these days, happy throngs, take this joy Wherever, wherever you go [Verse 3] And I'm not feeding off you, I will rearrange your scales If I can, and I can I wish to eat each one of you, and you, me, you I had a hat and it sunk, reached down Yanked it up, slapped it on my head [Chorus] All the people gather Fly to carry each his burden, we are young despite the years We are concerned, we are hope despite the times All of a sudden, these days, happy throngs, take this joy Wherever, wherever you... Carry each his burden, we are young despite the years We are concerned, we are hope despite the times All of a sudden, these days, happy throngs, take this joy Wherever, wherever you go -------- 1986 Lifes Rich Pageant -------- -------- Underneath the Bunker -------- I will hide and you will hide And we shall hide together here Underneath the bunkers in the night I have water, I have rum Wait for dawn and dawn shall come Underneath the bunkers in the night -------- 1986 Lifes Rich Pageant -------- -------- What If We Give It Away? -------- [Verse 1] On the outside, underneath the wall All the money couldn't buy You're mistaken, no one's standing there For the record, no one tried [Chorus] Oh, I try to What if we give it away? [Verse 2] Overlooking with a hollow eye What's pretending isn't right Eye for order, a hand for what's in line Couldn't follow, couldn't write [Chorus] Oh, I try to What if we give it away? [Bridge] And our life is fine here Stitch it on your tie here [Verse 3] Here's the trailer, Tom, a year has come and gone We're not moving, wasn't right Take the order, sew it on your tie We couldn't follow, couldn't try [Chorus] Oh, I try to What if we give it away? [Outro] What if we give it away? -------- 1987 Document -------- -------- Disturbance At The Heron House -------- [Verse 1] They're going wild, the call came in At early morning predawn then The followers of chaos, out of control They're numbering the monkeys The monkeys and the monkeys The followers of chaos, out of control [Chorus] The call came in to party central A meeting of the green and simple Trying to tell us something we don't know [Verse 2] They're meeting at the monument The call came in, the monument To liberty and honor under the honor roll They gathered up the cages The cages and courageous The followers of chaos, out of control [Chorus] The call came in to party central A meeting of the green and simple Trying to tell us something we don't know [Verse 3] Disturbance at the Heron House A stampede at the monument To liberty and honor under the honor roll Just a gathering of the grunts and greens The cogs and grunts and hirelings A meeting of a mean idea to hold [Outro] When feeding time has come and gone They'll lose their heart and head for home Try to tell us something we don't know We don't know, everyone allowed (Ooh) everyone allowed (Ooh) Everyone allowed -------- 1987 Document -------- -------- Exhuming McCarthy -------- [Verse 1] You're beautiful, more beautiful than me You're honorable, more honorable than me Loyal to the Bank of America [Hook] It's a sign of the times It's a sign of the times [Chorus] You're sharpening stones, walking on coals To improve your business acumen Sharpening stones, walking on coals To improve your business acumen [Verse 2] Vested interest, united ties Landed gentry, rationalize Look who bought the myth By Jingo, buy America [Hook] It's a sign of the times It's a sign of the times [Chorus] You're sharpening stones, walking on coals To improve your business acumen Sharpening stones, walking on coals To improve your business acumen [Verse 3] Enemy sighted, enemy met I'm addressing the realpolitik Look who bought the myth By Jingo, buy America [Bridge] "Let us not assassinate this man further Senator, you've done enough Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?" [Hook] (It's a sign of the times) (It's a sign of the times) [Chorus] You're sharpening stones, walking on coals To improve your business acumen Sharpening stones, walking on coals To improve your business acumen [Verse 4] Enemy sighted, enemy met I'm addressing the realpolitik You've seen start and you've seen quit (I'm addressing the table of content) I always thought of you as quick [Outro] Exhuming McCarthy (Meet me at the book burning) (Meet me at the book burning) Exhuming McCarthy (Meet me at the book burning) Exhuming McCarthy (Meet me at the book burning) (Meet me at the book burning) Exhuming McCarthy (Meet me at the book burning) -------- 1987 Document -------- -------- Finest Worksong -------- [Verse 1] The time to rise has been engaged You'd better best to rearrange I'm talking here to me alone I listen to the finest worksong [Chorus] Your finest hour Your finest hour [Verse 2] Another chance has been engaged To throw Thoreau and rearrange You are following this time I beg you not beg to rhyme [Chorus] (Oh) Your finest hour (Oh) Your finest hour [Verse 3] Take your instinct by the reins You'd better best to rearrange What we want and what we need Has been confused, been confused [Chorus] (Oh) Your finest hour (Oh) Your finest hour [Verse 4] Take your instinct by the reins Better best to rearrange What we want and what we need Has been confused, been confused [Chorus] (Oh) Your finest hour (Oh) Your finest hour [Outro] (Oh) Your finest hour (Oh) Your finest hour -------- 1987 Document -------- -------- Fireplace -------- [Verse 1] Crazy, crazy world Crazy, crazy times Crazy, crazy world Crazy, crazy times [Chorus 1] Hang up your chairs to better sweep Clear the floor to dance Shake the rug into the fireplace [Verse 1] Crazy, crazy world Crazy, crazy times Crazy, crazy world Crazy, crazy times [Chorus 2] Hang up your chairs to better sweep Clear the floor to dance Sweep the floor into the fireplace [Chorus 3] Hang up your chairs to better sweep Clear the floor to dance Throw the chairs into the fireplace [Chorus 3] Hang up your chairs to better sweep Clear the floor to dance Throw the walls into the fireplace -------- 1987 Document -------- -------- It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) -------- [Verse 1] That's great, it starts with an earthquake Birds and snakes, an aeroplane Lenny Bruce is not afraid Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn World serves its own needs, don't misserve your own needs Speed it up a notch, speed, grunt, no, strength The ladder starts to clatter with fear of height, down, height Wire in a fire, representing seven games And a government for hire and a combat site Left of west and coming in a hurry With the Furies breathing down your neck Team by team, reporters baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped Look at that low plane, fine, then Uh oh, overflow, population, common food But it'll do, save yourself, serve yourself. World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed Tell me with the Rapture and the reverent in the right, right You vitriolic, patriotic, slam fight, bright light Feeling pretty psyched [Chorus] It's the end of the world as we know it (It's the) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's the) It's the end of the world as we know it And I feel fine [Verse 2] Six o'clock, TV hour, don't get caught in foreign tower Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn Lock him in uniform, book burning, blood letting Every motive escalate, automotive incinerate Light a candle, light a votive, step down, step down Watch your heel crush, crushed, uh-oh This means no fear, cavalier renegade and steering clear A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives, and I decline [Chorus] It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) And I feel fine (I feel fine) [Chorus] It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) And I feel fine [Verse 3] The other night I dreamt of knives, continental drift divide Mountains sit in a line, Leonard Bernstein Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom! You symbiotic, patriotic, slam but neck Right? Right! [Chorus] It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) And I feel fine [Bridge] It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) And I feel fine [Chorus] It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) And I feel fine [Outro] It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) And I feel fine -------- 1987 Document -------- -------- King Of Birds -------- [Verse 1] A thumbnail sketch, a jeweler's stone A mean idea to call my own Old man don't lay so still you're not yet young There's time to teach, point to point Point observation, children carry reservations [Chorus] Standing on the shoulders of giants Leaves me cold Leaves me cold A mean idea to call my own A hundred million birds fly [Verse 2] Singer sing me a given Singer sing me a song Standing on the shoulders of giants Everybody's looking on [Chorus] Standing on the shoulders of giants Leaves me cold Leaves me cold A mean idea to call my own A hundred million birds fly [Bridge] Away Away [Verse 3] I am king of all I see My kingdom for a voice Old man don't lay so still, you're not yet young There's time to teach, point to point Point observation, children carry reservations [Chorus] Standing on the shoulders of giants Leaves me cold Leaves me cold A mean idea to call my own A hundred million birds fly [Bridge] Away Away [Outro] Everybody hit the ground Everybody hit the ground Everybody hit the ground -------- 1987 Document -------- -------- Lightnin' Hopkins -------- [Hook] Ohhh, oh ooh oh [Verse 1] When I lay myself to sleep Pray that I don't go too deep Lightning won, lightning won Because it's cold down, gold down there, crow [Verse 2] Flat lands low lands on the track Shows the water, pan the track Lightning won, lightning won Close up hands to silhouette, crow [Hook] Ohhh, oh ooh oh Ohhh, oh ooh oh [Bridge] Lightning won, lightning won [Hook] Ohhh, oh ooh oh Ohhh, oh ooh oh [Verse 3] Hound bark on the track Hound crow hold onto your hat Lightning won, lightning won The lowlands, timberlands, badlands, birdlands [Hook] Ohhh, oh ooh oh Ohhh, oh ooh oh [Outro] Ohhh, oh ooh oh Ohhh, oh ooh oh -------- 1987 Document -------- -------- Oddfellows Local 151 -------- [Verse 1] Oddfellows Local 151 behind the firehouse Where Peewee sits to prove a sage, to teach Peewee gathered up his proof, reached up to scratch his head Fell down and hit the ground again [Chorus] Firehouse Firehouse [Verse 2] Why do the heathens rage behind the firehouse Where Peewee sits upon the wall to preach? This boy and girl that gather pearls of wisdom Falling from his mouth Wash off the blood, wash off the rum [Chorus] Firehouse Firehouse [Verse 3] Oddfellows Local 151 behind the firehouse Where Peewee sits upon the wall to preach This boy and girl that gather pearls of wisdom Falling from his mouth Wash off the blood, wash off the 151 [Chorus] Firehouse Firehouse Firehouse Firehouse [Outro] Ooh, ooh, ooh Firehouse -------- 1987 Document -------- -------- Strange -------- [Verse 1] There's something strange going on tonight There's something going on that's not quite right Michael's nervous and the lights are bright There's something going on that's not quite right [Verse 2] There's something going on that wasn't here before Keep your eyes glued to the floor There's something strange going on tonight There's something going on that's not quite right, uh-huh [Verse 3] There's something strange going on tonight There's something going on that's not quite right Michael's nervous and the lights are bright There's something going on that's not quite right [Bridge] There's something going on that wasn't here before Keep your eyes glued to the floor No one's gonna save your life There's something going on that's not quite right, uh-huh [Verse 5] There's something going on that wasn't here before Keep your eyes glued to the floor No one's gonna save your life There's something going on that's not quite right, uh-huh -------- 1987 Document -------- -------- The One I Love -------- [Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] This one goes out to the one I love This one goes out to the one I've left behind A simple prop to occupy my time This one goes out to the one I love [Chorus] Fire! Fire! [Verse 2] This one goes out to the one I love This one goes out to the one I've left behind A simple prop to occupy my time This one goes out to the one I love (Love) [Chorus] Fire! (She's comin' down on her own, now) Fire! (She's comin' down on her own) [Solo] [Verse 3] This one goes out to the one I love (Love) This one goes out to the one I've left behind Another prop has occupied my time This one goes out to the one I love (Love) [Chorus] Fire! (She's comin' down on her own, now) Fire! (She's comin' down on her own) Fire! (She's comin' down on her own, now) Fire! (She's comin' down on her own) -------- 1987 Document -------- -------- Welcome To The Occupation -------- [Verse 1] Hang your collar up inside Hang your dollar on me Listen to the water still Listen to the cause where you are [Chorus 1] Fed and educated Primitive and wild Welcome to the occupation [Verse 2] Here we stand and here we fight All your fallen heroes Held and dyed and skinned alive Listen to the Congress fire [Chorus 2] Offering the educated Primitive and loyal Welcome to the occupation [Verse 3] Hang your collar up inside Hang your freedom higher Listen to the buyer still Listen to the Congress [Chorus 3] Where we propagate confusion Primitive and wild Fire on the hemisphere below [Instrumental bridge] [Verse 4] Sugar cane and coffee cup Copper, steel and cattle An annotated history The forest for the fire [Chorus 4] Where we open up the floodgates Freedom reigns supreme Fire on the hemisphere below [Outro] Listen to me Listen to me Listen to me Listen to me Listen to me Listen to me Listen to me -------- 1988 Green -------- -------- Get Up -------- [Intro] Sleep delays my life (get up, get up) Where does time go? (get up, get up, get up) I don't know [Bridge] Sleep, sleep, sleepy head (get up, get up, get up) Wake it up, up (get up, get up) You've got all your life (way up ahead) (Get up, get up, get up) [Chorus] Dreams they complicate my life (Dreams they complement my life) I've seen you laying pined (get up, get up) I've seen you laying pined (get up, get up) [Verse] Life is rough, rough (get up, get up, get up) I've seen you laying down (get up) With the loving kind (get up, get up) I know life is hard, hard (where goes your time?) Where to turn? Where to turn? (get up) [Bridge] Dreams they complicate my life (Dreams they compliment my life) Dreamtime [Chorus] Dreams they complicate my life (Dreams they compliment my life) This time, no escape, I wake up (get up, get up) (get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, get up) -------- 1988 Green -------- -------- Hairshirt -------- I am not the type of dog that could keep you waiting For no good reason Run a carbon-black test on my jaw And you will find it's all been said before I can swing my megaphone And long arm the rest It's easier and better to just beat it from the chest Of desire I could walk into this room And the waves of conversation are enough To knock you down in the undertow So alone, so alone in my life Feed me banks of light and hang your hairshirt On the lowest rung, it's a beautiful life And I can hang my hairshirt away up high in the attic Of the wrong dog's life chest Or bury it at sea All my life I've searched for this Here I am, here I am In your life It's a beautiful life, my life It's a beautiful life, your life -------- 1988 Green -------- -------- I Remember California -------- [Verse 1] I remember redwood trees, bumper cars and wolverines The ocean's Trident submarines Lemons, limes and tangerines I remember this I remember traffic jams Motor boys and girls with tans Nearly was and almost rans I remember this [Bridge] And history is made History is made to seem unfair [Verse 2] I recall that you were there Golden smile and shining hair I recall it wasn't fair Recollect it wasn't fair Remembering it wasn't fair outside [Chorus] Low ebb, high tide The lowest ebb and highest tide A symbol wave I must confide I guess we took us for a ride I guess it's just a gesture [Verse 3] I remember this defense Progress fails pacific sense All those sweet conspiracies I remember all these things I remember traffic jams Motor boys and girls with tans Nearly was and almost rans I remember this, this [Chorus] Low ebb, high tide The lowest ebb and highest tide I guess we took us for a ride I guess it's just a gesture [Outro] At the end of the continent At the edge of a continent -------- 1988 Green -------- -------- Orange Crush -------- [Verse] (Follow me, don't follow me) I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush (Collar me, don't collar me) I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush (We are agents of the free) I've had my fun and now it's time To serve your conscience overseas (Over me, not over me) Coming in fast, over me [Verse] (Follow me, don't follow me) I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush (Collar me, don't collar me) I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush (We are agents of the free) I've had my fun and now it's time To serve your conscience overseas (Over me, not over me) Coming in fast, over me [Chorus] High on the roof Thin the blood Another one came on the waves tonight Coming in, you’re home [Interlude] "We would circle and we'd circle and we'd circle To stop and consider and centered on the pavement Stacked up all the trucks jacked up and our wheels In slush and orange crush in pocket and all This here county, hell, any county, it's just like heaven here And I was remembering and I was just in a different county and all Then this whirlybird that I headed for I had my goggles pulled off; I knew it all, I knew every back road and every truck stop" [Verse] (Follow me, don't follow me) I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush (Collar me, don't collar me) I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush (We are agents of the free) I've had my fun and now it's time To serve your conscience overseas (Over me, not over me) Coming in fast, over me [Chorus] High on the roof Thin the blood Another one came on the waves tonight Coming in, you’re home High on the roof Thin the blood Another one came on the waves tonight Coming in, you’re home -------- 1988 Green -------- -------- Pop Song 89 -------- [Verse 1] Hello, I saw you, I know you, I knew you I think I can remember your name (name) Hello, I'm sorry, I lost myself I think I thought you were someone else [Chorus] Should we talk about the weather? (Hi, hi, hi) Should we talk about the government? (Hi, hi, hi, hi) [Verse 2] Hello, how are you? I know you, I knew you I think I can remember your name, name Hello, I'm sorry I lost myself I think I thought you were someone else [Chorus] Should we talk about the weather? (Hi, hi, hi) Should we talk about the government? (Hi, hi, hi, hi) [Verse 3] Hello my friend, are you visible today? You know I never knew that it could be so strange, strange Hello, I'm sorry, I lost myself I think I thought you were someone else [Chorus] Should we talk about the weather? (Hi, hi, hi) Should we talk about the government? (Hi, hi, hi, hi) [Outro] (Hi, hi) (Hi, hi, hi) (Hi, hi) (Hi, hi, hi) (Hi, hi) (Hi, hi, hi) -------- 1988 Green -------- -------- Stand -------- [Chorus] Stand in the place where you live Now face north Think about direction Wonder why you haven't before Now stand in the place where you were Now face west Think about the place where you live Wonder why you haven't before [Verse 1] If you are confused, check with the sun Carry a compass to help you along Your feet are going to be on the ground Your head is there to move you around [Chorus] Stand in the place where you live Now face north Think about direction Wonder why you haven't before Now stand in the place where you were Now face west Think about the place where you live Wonder why you haven't before [Verse 2] Your feet are going to be on the ground Your head is there to move you around If wishes were trees, the trees would be falling Listen to reason, the season is calling [Chorus] Stand in the place where you live Now face north Think about direction Wonder why you haven't before Now stand in the place where you were Now face west Think about the place where you live Wonder why you haven't before [Verse 3] If wishes were trees, the trees would be falling Listen to reason, reason is calling Your feet are going to be on the ground Your head is there to move you around [Bridge] So stand (Stand!) Now face north Think about direction Wonder why you haven't before Now stand (Stand!) Now face west Think about the place where you live Wonder why you haven't [Chorus] Stand in the place where you live Now face north Think about direction Wonder why you haven't before Now stand in the place where you were Now face west Think about the place where you live Wonder why you haven't before [Outro] Stand in the place where you are Now face north Stand in the place where you are Now face west Your feet are going to be on the ground (Stand in the place where you are) Your head is there to move you around, so stand -------- 1988 Green -------- -------- The Wrong Child -------- [Verse 1] I've watched the children come and go A late long march into spring I sit and watch those children Jump in the tall grass Leap the sprinkler Walk in the ground Bicycle clothespin spokes The sound, the smell of swingset hands I will try to sing a happy song I'll try and make a happy game to play Come play with me I whispered to my new found friend Tell me what it's like to go outside I've never been Tell me what it's like to just go outside I've never been And I never will [Chorus] And I'm not supposed to be like this I'm not supposed to be like this But it's okay [Verse 3] Hey, those kids are looking at me I told my friend myself Those kids are looking at me They're laughing and they're running over here They're laughing and they're running over here [Bridge] What do I do? What can I do? What should I do? What do I say? What can I say? [Chorus] I said I'm not supposed to be like this Let's try to find a happy game to play[x2] [Outro] I'm not supposed to be like this But it's okay, okay -------- 1988 Green -------- -------- Turn You Inside-Out -------- [Intro] Divide your cultured pearls in haste I'm looking for to lay to waste Of all the things I cannot taste And this not the recent race [Chorus 1] They spoke loud "I believe in what you do I believe in watching you" It's what you do "I believe in what you do I believe in watching you" [Chorus 2] I could turn you inside-out What I choose not to do I could turn you inside-out What I choose not to do [Chorus 3] Given the choice Given the heart Given the tool Given the word Given the cheers [Chorus 1] They spoke loud "I believe in what you do I believe in watching you" It's what you do "I believe in what you do I believe in watching you" [Chorus 2] I could turn you inside-out What I choose not to do I could turn you inside-out What I choose not to do [Chorus 3] Given the choice Given the heart Given the tool Given the word Given the cheer -------- 1988 Green -------- -------- Untitled -------- [Verse 1] This world is big (This world is big) And so awake (And so awake) I stayed up late (I stayed up late) To hear your voice This light is here (This light is here) To keep you warm (To keep you warm) This song is here (This song is here) To keep you strong [Verse 2] (I made a list) I made a list (Of things to say) Of things to say But all I want to say (But all I want) All I really want to say is (Yes, all I want) [Chorus] (I made a list) Hold her (Of things to say) And keep him strong (But all I want) While I'm away from here (Yes, all I want) (This world is big) Hold her (And so alone) And keep her strong (I stayed up late) While I'm away from here (To hear your voice) (This light is here) Hold him (To keep you warm) And him strong (This song is here) While I'm away from here (To keep you strong) [Bridge] I've seen the world and so awake (Keep him strong) And stay up late to hear me sing Just hold her I've seen the world and so awake (Keep him strong) And stay up late to hear me sing Just hold him [Outro] (I've seen the world) Hold her (And so awake) And keep her strong (So stay awake) While I'm away from here (To hear me sing) (I've seen the world) And hold him (And so awake) And keep him strong (So stay awake) while I'm away from here (To hear me sing) -------- 1988 Green -------- -------- World Leader Pretend -------- [Verse 1] I sit at my table and wage war on myself It seems like it's all, it's all for nothing I know the barricades and I know the mortar in the wall breaks I recognize the weapons, I've used them well [Chorus] This is my mistake, let me make it good I raised the wall and I will be the one to knock it down [Verse 2] I've a rich understanding of my finest defenses I proclaim that claims are left unstated, I demand a rematch I decree a stalemate, I divine my deeper motives I recognize the weapons, I've practiced them well I fitted them myself [Chorus] It's amazing what devices you can sympathize (Empathize) This is my mistake, let me make it good I raised the wall and I will be the one to knock it down [Bridge] Reach out for me and hold me tight Hold that memory, let my machine talk to me Let my machine talk to me [Verse 3] This is my world and I am the World Leader Pretend This is my life and this is my time I have been given the freedom to do as I see fit It's high time I raised the walls that I've constructed [Chorus] It's amazing what devices you can sympathize (Empathize) This is my mistake, let me make it good I raised the wall and I will be the one to knock it down [Outro] You fill in the mortar, you fill in the harmony You fill in the mortar, I raised the wall And I'm the only one, I will be the one to knock it down -------- 1988 Green -------- -------- You Are The Everything -------- [Verse 1] Sometimes I feel like I can't even sing (Say, say, the light) I'm very scared for this world, I'm very scared for me (Say, say, the light) Eviscerate your memory, here's a scene You're in the back seat laying down (Say, say, the light) The windows wrap around to sound of the travel and the engine (Say, say, the light) [Chorus] All you hear is time stand still in travel And feel such peace and absolute, the stillness still That doesn't end but slowly drifts into sleep The stars are the greatest thing you've ever seen And they're there for you, for you alone You are the everything [Verse 2] I think about this world a lot and I cry (Say, say, the light) And I've seen the films and the eyes (Say, say, the light) But I'm in this kitchen, everything is beautiful (Say, say, the light) And she is so beautiful, she is so young and old (Say, say, the light) I look at her and I see the beauty of the light of music [Chorus] The voices talking somewhere in the house, late spring And you're drifting off to sleep with your teeth in your mouth You are here with me, you are here with me You have been here and you are everything [Verse 5] Sometimes I feel like I can't even sing (Say, say, the light) I'm very scared for this world, I'm very scared for me (Say, say, the light) Eviscerate your memory, here's a scene You're in the back seat laying down (Say, say, the light) The windows wrap around to sound of the travel and the engine (Say, say, the light) [Chorus] All you hear is time stand still in travel And feel such peace and absolute, the stillness still That doesn't end but slowly drifts into sleep The stars are the greatest thing you've ever seen And they're there for you, for you alone You are the everything [Outro] For you alone you are the everything -------- 1991 Out of Time -------- -------- Belong -------- Her world collapsed early Sunday morning She got up from the kitchen table Folded the newspaper and silenced the radio Those creatures jumped the barricades And have headed for the sea, sea Those creatures jumped the barricades and have headed for the sea She began to breathe, to breathe at the thought of this freedom Stood and whispered to her child, belong She held the child and whispered With calm, calm; belong She stood and whispered to her child, belong She held the child and whispered With calm, calm; belong Those barricades can only hold for so long Her world collapsed early Sunday morning She took the child held tight, opened the window A breath, this song, how long? And knew, knew; belong -------- 1991 Out of Time -------- -------- Country Feedback -------- [Verse 1] This flower is scorched, this film is on On a maddening loop, these clothes These clothes don't fit us right and I'm to blame It's all the same, it's all the same [Chorus 1] You come to me with a bone in your hand You come to me with your hair curled tight You come to me with positions You come to me with excuses Ducked out in a row You wear me out, you wear me out [Verse 2] We've been through fake-a-breakdown, self-hurt Plastics, collections Self-help, self-pain EST, psychics, fuck all I was central, I had control I lost my head I need this, I need this A paperweight, junk garage A winter rain, a honey pot Crazy, all the lovers have been tagged A hotline, a wanted ad It's crazy what you could've had [Chorus 2] It's crazy what you could've had It's crazy what you could've had I need this, I need this It's crazy what you could've had Crazy what you could've had I need it, I need this It's crazy what you could've had It's crazy what you could've had I need this, I need this, I Need this It's crazy what you could've had I need this, I need this It's crazy what you could've had Crazy what you could've had I need this, I need this (It's crazy what you could've had) (Crazy what you could've had) -------- 1991 Out of Time -------- -------- Endgame -------- [Instrumental] -------- 1991 Out of Time -------- -------- Half A World Away -------- [Verse 1] This could be the saddest dusk I've ever seen I turn to a miracle, high-alive My mind is racing, as it always will My hands tired, my heart aches I'm half a world away, here in my head [Chorus] And I had sworn to go it alone and hold it along And haul it along and hold it Go it alone and hold it along And hold [Verse 2] Oh, lonely deeps and hollows Are half a world, half a world away My shoes are gone, my life is spent I had too much to drink I didn't think, I didn't think of you I guess that's all I needed [Chorus] To go it alone and hold it along And haul it along and hold it Blackbirds, backwards, forwards and fall And hold [Verse 3] Oh, this lonely world is wasted Pathetic eyes, high-alive Blind eye that turns to see The storm it came up strong It shook the trees and blew away our fear I couldn't leave it here [Chorus] To go it alone, hold it along Haul it along and hold it Go it alone and hold it along And hold Go it alone and hold it along Haul it along and hold it Blackbirds, backwards, forwards and fall And hold [Outro] Oh, this could be the saddest dusk I've ever seen Turn to a miracle, high-alive My mind is racing, as it always will My hands tired, my heart aches I'm half a world away to go -------- 1991 Out of Time -------- -------- Losing My Religion -------- [Intro] [Verse 1] Oh, life is bigger It's bigger than you and you are not me The lengths that I will go to the distance in your eyes Oh no, I've said too much, I set it up [Pre-Chorus] That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight Losing my religion Trying to keep up with you and I don't know if I can do it Oh no, I've said too much, I haven't said enough [Chorus] I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try [Verse 2] Every whisper of every waking hour I'm choosing my confessions Trying to keep an eye on you Like a hurt, lost and blinded fool, fool Oh no, I've said too much, I set it up [Pre-Chorus] Consider this, consider this, the hint of the century Consider this the slip that brought me to my knees, failed What if all these fantasies come flailing around? Now I've said too much [Chorus] I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try [Bridge] But that was just a dream That was just a dream [Pre-Chorus] That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight Losing my religion Trying to keep up with you and I don't know if I can do it Oh no, I've said too much, I haven't said enough [Chorus] I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try [Outro] But that was just a dream Try, cry, why try? That was just a dream, just a dream Just a dream, dream -------- 1991 Out of Time -------- -------- Low -------- [Verse 1] Dusk is dawn is day Where did it go? I've been laughing Fast and slow Moving in a still frame Howling at the moon Morning found me laughing Up and down, down Low, low, low Night suits me fine And morning suits me fine I've been so happy, happy Way up high, high [Pre-Chorus] In between Down below Low, low, low Low, low, low [Chorus] I skipped the part about love It seems so silly and low Low, low, low Low, low, low [Verse 2] I said the morning It isn't your time Barefoot naked I can see your lines It doesn't bother me If you are right Your grass is grassy wet Your light white is bright Light white, light [Chorus] I skipped the part about love It seems so shallow and low Low, low, low Low, low, low [Bridge] You and me We know about time We know how things go They come and go, they live and grow They pass and go and glow and glow Up and down, high and low Low, low, low Low, low, low [Chorus] I skipped the part about love It seems so silly and low I skipped the part about love It seems so shallow and low Low, low, low Low, low, low [Outro] I like your hands All full of glory All full of glory -------- 1991 Out of Time -------- -------- Me in Honey -------- [Verse 1] I sat there looking ugly, looking ugly and mean I knew what you were saying, you were saying to me Baby's got some new rules, baby said she's had it with me [Chorus 1] It seems a shame to waste your time on me It seems a lot to waste your time for me Left me to love What it's doing to me [Verse 2] There's a lot of honey in this world, baby, this honey's for me You've got to do what you do, do it with me [Chorus 2] It seems a shame to waste your time for me Left me to love What it's doing to me [Verse 3] Knocked silly, knocked flat, sideways down These things they pick you up and they turn you around Say your piece, say you're sweet for me [Chorus 3] It's all the same to share the pain with me It's all the same to save the shame for me Left me to love What it's doing to me [Verse 4] Baby's got some new rules, baby says she's had it with me There's a fly in the honey and baby's got a baby with me [Chorus 4] That's a part, that's a part of me Left me to love What it's doing to me Left me to love What it's doing to me [Outro] What about me? What about me? -------- 1991 Out of Time -------- -------- Near Wild Heaven -------- [Verse 1] Whenever we hold each other We hold each other There's a feeling that's gone Something has gone wrong And I don't know how much longer I can take it House made of heart, break it Take my head in your hands and shake it In this near wild heaven Not near enough [Chorus] (Living inside, living inside, living inside) Near wild heaven (Living inside, living inside, living inside) Near wild heaven [Verse 2] Whatever it takes I'm giving It's just a gift I'm given Try to live inside Trying to move inside And I always thought that it would make me smarter But it's only made me harder My heart thrown open wide In this near wild heaven Not near enough [Chorus] (Living inside, living inside, living inside) Near wild heaven (Living inside, living inside, living inside) Near wild heaven (Living inside, living inside, living inside) Near wild heaven (Living inside, living inside, living inside) Near wild heaven [Bridge] (Ba-ba-ba-ba ba ba) I'm holding my hands together (Ba-ba-ba-ba ba ba) Holding my feet together (Ba-ba-ba-ba ba ba) Holding myself together (Ba-ba-ba-ba ba ba) In this near wild heaven Not near enough (Ba-ba-ba-ba ba ba) (Ba-ba-ba-ba ba ba) Near wild heaven (Ba-ba-ba-ba ba ba) Near wild heaven [Chorus] (Ba-ba-ba-ba ba ba) (Living inside, living inside, living inside) (Ba-ba-ba-ba ba ba) Near wild heaven (Ba-ba-ba-ba ba ba) (Living inside, living inside, living inside) Near wild heaven [Outro] (Ba-ba-ba-ba ba ba) (Living inside, living inside, living inside) (Ba-ba-ba-ba ba ba) Near wild heaven (Ba-ba-ba-ba ba ba) (Living inside, living inside, living inside) Near wild heaven -------- 1991 Out of Time -------- -------- Radio Song (Ft. KRS-One) -------- [Intro: KRS-One] Hey, I can't find nothing on the radio Yo, turn to that station [Refrain: Michael Stipe] The world is collapsing around our ears I turned up the radio, but I can't hear it [Verse 1: Michael Stipe and KRS-One] When I got to the house and I called you out I could tell that you had been crying, crying It's that same sing song on the radio It makes me sad I meant to turn it off To say goodbye To leave in quiet See ya! That radio song Hey, hey, hey Hup, hup [Pre-Chorus: Michael Stipe] I've everything to show (Everything to show) I've everything to hide (Everything to hide) Look into my eyes Listen [Verse 2: Michael Stipe and KRS-One] When I got to the show Yo, ho, ho I could tell that you had been crying, crying It's that same sing song and the DJ sucks DJ sucks! It makes me sad I tried to turn it off Turn it off! To say goodbye, my love That radio song Hey, hey, hey (Hey, hey) [Refrain: Michael Stipe] The world is collapsing around our ears I turned up the radio, but I can't hear it Yeah [Ad-lib: KRS-One] Yeah Baby, baby, baby, baby Hup, hup [Interlude: Michael Stipe and KRS-One] I tried to sing along But damn that radio song Yeah Hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey [Refrain: Michael Stipe] I've everything to show (Everything to show) I've everything to hide (Everything to hide) Look into my eyes, listen to the radio I turned up the radio, but I can't hear it No, I can't hear it [Interlude: Michael Stipe and KRS-One] Hey, hey, hey Say what? Hey, hey, hey Let me do that with you Hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey Yeah, boom! Hey, hey, hey Say what, say what, say what? Hey, hey, hey Check it out! [Outro: KRS-One] What are you saying? What are you playing? Who are you obeying day out and day in? Huh! Baby, baby, baby, baby That stuff is driving me crazy DJs communicate to the masses Sex and violent classes Now our children grow up prisoners All their lives, radio listeners! -------- 1991 Out of Time -------- -------- Shiny Happy People -------- [Intro] Shiny happy people laughing [Verse 1] Meet me in the crowd, people, people Throw your love around, love me, love me Take it into town, happy, happy Put it in the ground where the flowers grow Gold and silver shine [Chorus] Shiny happy people holding hands Shiny happy people holding hands Shiny happy people laughing [Verse 2] Everyone around, love them, love them Put it in your hands, take it, take it There's no time to cry, happy, happy Put it in your heart where tomorrow shines Gold and silver shine [Chorus] Shiny happy people holding hands Shiny happy people holding hands Shiny happy people laughing [Bridge] Whoa, here we go [Chorus] Shiny happy people holding hands Shiny happy people holding hands Shiny happy people laughing Shiny happy people holding hands Shiny happy people holding hands Shiny happy people laughing Shiny happy people holding hands Shiny happy people holding hands Shiny happy people laughing [Outro] Shiny happy people holding hands Shiny happy people holding hands People, happy people People -------- 1991 Out of Time -------- -------- Texarkana -------- [Verse 1] 20,000 miles to an oasis 20,000 years will I burn 20,000 chances I've wasted Waiting for the moment to turn [Chorus] I would give my life to find it I would give it all Catch me if I fall [Verse 2] Walking through the woods, I have faced it Looking for something to learn 30,000 thoughts have been wasted Never in my time to return [Chorus] I would give my life to find it I would give it all Catch me if I fall [Bridge] All my life Waiting to find [Verse 3] 40,000 stars in the evening Look at them fall from the sky 40,000 reasons for living 40,000 tears in your eyes [Chorus] I would give my life to find it I would give it all Catch me if I fall [Outro] Catch me if I fall Catch me if I fall Catch me if I fall, catch me if I fall (Catch me if I fall) Catch me if I fall, catch me if I fall Catch me if I fall, catch me if I fall -------- 1992 Automatic for the People -------- -------- Drive -------- [Verse 1] Smack, crack, bushwhacked Tie another one to your racks, baby Hey kids, rock and roll Nobody tells you where to go, baby [Chorus] What if I ride, what if you walk? What if you rock around the clock? Tick-tock, tick-tock What if you did, what if you walk? What if you tried to get off, baby? [Verse 2] Hey, kids, where are you? Nobody tells you what to do, baby Hey kids, shake a leg Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby [Chorus] Maybe you did, maybe you walked Maybe you rocked around the clock Tick-tock, tick-tock Maybe I ride, maybe you walk Maybe I drive to get off, baby [Bridge] Hey kids, shake a leg Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby Ollie, Ollie, Ollie, Ollie, Ollie Ollie, Ollie in come free, baby Hey, kids, where are you? Nobody tells you what to do, baby [Verse 3] Smack, crack, shack-a-lack Tie another one to your backs, baby Hey kids, rock and roll Nobody tells you where to go, baby [Chorus] Maybe you did, maybe you walk Maybe you rock around the clock Tick-tock, tick-tock Maybe I ride, maybe you walk Maybe I drive to get off, baby [Outro] Hey kids, where are you? Nobody tells you what to do, baby Hey kids, rock and roll Nobody tells you where to go, baby Baby Baby -------- 1992 Automatic for the People -------- -------- Everybody Hurts -------- [Verse 1] When the day is long And the night, the night is yours alone When you're sure you've had enough Of this life, well, hang on [Chorus] Don't let yourself go 'Cause everybody cries And everybody hurts Sometimes [Verse 2] Sometimes everything is wrong Now it's time to sing along When your day is night alone (Hold on, hold on) If you feel like letting go (Hold on) If you think you've had too much Of this life, well, hang on [Chorus] 'Cause everybody hurts Take comfort in your friends And everybody hurts [Bridge] Don't throw your hand Oh, no Don't throw your hand If you feel like you're alone No, no, no, you're not alone [Verse 3] If you're on your own in this life The days and nights are long When you think you've had too much Of this life to hang on [Chorus] Well, everybody hurts Sometimes, everybody cries And everybody hurts Sometimes And everybody hurts Sometimes [Outro] So, hold on, hold on Hold on, hold on Hold on, hold on Hold on, hold on Everybody hurts No, no, no, no, no, you're not alone -------- 1992 Automatic for the People -------- -------- Find the River -------- [Verse 1] Hey now, little speedyhead The read on the speed-meter says You have to go to task in the city Where people drown and people serve Don't be shy, you're just dessert Is only just light years to go [Chorus 1] Me, my thoughts are flower strewn With ocean storm, bayberry moon I have got to leave to find my way Watch the road and memorize This life that passed before my eyes And nothing is going my way [Verse 2] The ocean is the river's goal A need to leave the water knows We're closer now than light years to go [Chorus 2] I have got to find the river Bergamot and vetiver Run through my head and fall away Leave the road and memorize This life that passed before my eyes And nothing is going my way [Verse 3] There's no one left to take the lead But I tell you and you can see We're closer now than light years to go Pick up here and chase the ride The river empties to the tide Fall into the ocean [Chorus 3] The river to the ocean goes A fortune for the undertow None of this is going my way There is nothing left to throw Of Ginger, lemon, indigo Coriander stem and rose of hay Strength and courage overrides The privileged and weary eyes Of river poet search naiveté Pick up here and chase the ride The river empties to the tide All of this is coming your way -------- 1992 Automatic for the People -------- -------- Ignoreland -------- [Verse 1] These bastards stole their power from The victims of the us v. them years Wrecking all things virtuous and true The undermining social democratic Downhill slide into abysmal Lost lamb off the precipice into The trickle down run-off pool [Pre-Chorus 1] They hypnotized the summer 1979 Marched into the capital Brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready Heartless and labeled, super U.S. citizen, super achiever Mega ultra power dosing, relax, defense, defense, defense, defense Yeah, yeah, yeah [Chorus] (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland (Yeah, yeah, yeah) [Verse 2] The information nation took Their clues from all the sound-bite gluttons 1980, '84, '88 '92 too, too How to be what you can be Jump jam junking your energies How to walk in dignity With throw-up on your shoes [Pre-Chorus 2] They amplified the autumn 1979 Calculate the capital Up the republic my skinny ass, TV tells a million lies The paper's terrified to report, anything that isn't handed On a presidential spoon, I'm just profoundly frustrated By all this, so fuck you, man [Chorus] (Fuck 'em) (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland [Bridge] If they weren't there we would have created them Maybe, it is true But I'm resentful all the same Someone's got to take the blame [Verse 3] I know that this is vitriol No solution, spleen-venting But I feel better having screamed Don't you? [Pre-Chorus 3] They desecrate the winter 1979 Capital collateral Brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready Heartless and labeled, super U.S. citizen, super achiever Mega ultra power dosing, relax, defense, defense, defense, defense Yeah, yeah, yeah [Chorus] (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland (Yeah, yeah, yeah) [Outro] (I didn't do the revolution, thank you) -------- 1992 Automatic for the People -------- -------- Man on the Moon -------- [Verse 1] Mott the Hoople and the Game of Life Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Monopoly, Twenty-one, Checkers, and Chess Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Let's play Twister, let's play Risk Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah See you in heaven if you make the list Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Pre-Chorus 1] Now, Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch? Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby Are we losing touch? [Chorus] If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool [Verse 2] Moses went walking with the staff of wood Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Newton got beaned by the apple good Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Pre-Chorus 2] Now, Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch? Hey, Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby Are you having fun? [Chorus] If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool [Verse 3] Here's a little agit for the never-believer Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Here's a little ghost for the offering Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling (wrestling bears) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Pre-Chorus 1] Now, Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch? Hey, Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby Are we losing touch? [Chorus] If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool [Outro] If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool -------- 1992 Automatic for the People -------- -------- Monty Got A Raw Deal -------- [Verse 1] Monty, this seems strange to me The movies had that movie thing But nonsense has a welcome ring And heroes don't come easily Now, nonsense isn't new to me I know my head, I know my feet But mischief knocked me in the knees So, just let go Just let go I saw the ocean meet the man I saw you buried in the sand A friend was there to hold your hand Said, walk on by So, I went walking through the street I saw you strung up in a tree A woman knelt there said to me Said, hold your tongue Hold your tongue [Chorus] You don't owe me anything You don't want this sympathy (Waste your breath) Don't you waste your breath (Waste your breath) For the silver screen [Verse 2] That nonsense doesn't mean a thing They tried to bust you in a sting But virtue isn't everything So, don't waste time Now, here's a rhyme that you can steal Put this on your reel to reel Mischief threw a rotten deal Monty's laying low He is laying low Just let go Just let go [Chorus] You don't owe me anything You don't want this sympathy (Waste your breath) Don't you waste your breath (Waste your breath) Monty, this seems strange to me -------- 1992 Automatic for the People -------- -------- New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 -------- [Instrumental] -------- 1992 Automatic for the People -------- -------- Nightswimming -------- [Verse 1] Nightswimming deserves a quiet night The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago Turned around backwards so the windshield shows Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse Still, it's so much clearer I forgot my shirt at the water's edge The moon is low tonight [Verse 2] Nightswimming deserves a quiet night I'm not sure all these people understand It's not like years ago The fear of getting caught Of recklessness and water They cannot see me naked These things, they go away Replaced by everyday [Verse 3] Nightswimming, remembering that night September's coming soon I'm pining for the moon And what if there were two Side by side in orbit Around the fairest sun? That bright, tight forever drum Could not describe nightswimming [Verse 4] You, I thought I knew you You, I cannot judge You, I thought you knew me This one laughing quietly Underneath my breath Nightswimming [Outro] The photograph reflects Every streetlight a reminder Nightswimming deserves a quiet night Deserves a quiet night -------- 1992 Automatic for the People -------- -------- Star Me Kitten -------- Keys cut, three for the price of one And nothing's free, but guaranteed for a lifetime's use I've changed the locks, and you can have one You, you know the other two The brakes have worn so thin that you could hear I hear them screeching through the door from our driveway Hey, love, look into your glove-box heart What is there for me inside? This love is tired I've changed the locks, have I misplaced you? Have we lost our minds? Will this never end? It could depend on your take You, me, we used to be on fire If keys are all that stand between Can I throw in the ring? No gasoline, just fuck me, kitten You are wild and I'm in your possession Nothing's free, so fuck me, kitten I'm in your possession, so fuck me, kitten -------- 1992 Automatic for the People -------- -------- Sweetness Follows -------- [Verse 1] Readying to bury your father and your mother What did you think when you lost another? I used to wonder why did you bother Distanced from one, blind to the other Listen here, my sister and my brother What would you care if you lost the other? I always wonder why did we bother Distanced from one, blind to the other [Chorus] Oh, oh, but sweetness follows [Verse 2] It's these little things, they can pull you under Live your life filled with joy and wonder I always knew this altogether thunder Was lost in our little lives [Chorus] Oh, oh, but sweetness follows Oh, oh, but sweetness follows [Verse 3] It's these little things, they can pull you under Live your life filled with joy and thunder Yeah, yeah, we were all together Lost in our little lives [Chorus] Oh Oh Oh Oh, oh, but sweetness follows Oh, oh, oh, but sweetness follows -------- 1992 Automatic for the People -------- -------- The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite -------- [Verse 1] This here is the place where I will be staying There isn't a number, you can call the pay phone Let it ring a long, long, long, long time If I don't pick up, hang up, call back, let it ring some more Oh If I don't pick up, pick up The sidewinder sleeps, sleeps, sleeps in a coil [Chorus] Call me when you try to wake her up Call me when you try to wake her Call me when you try to wake her up Call me when you try to wake her Call me when you try to wake her up Call me when you try to wake her Oh [Verse 2] There are scratches all around the coin slot Like a heartbeat, baby trying to wake up But this machine can only swallow money You can't lay a patch by computer design It's just a lot of stupid, stupid signs Tell her Tell her she can kiss my ass Then laugh and say that you were only kidding That way she'll know that it's really, really, really, really me [Chorus] Call me when you try to wake her up Call me when you try to wake her Call me when you try to wake her up Call me when you try to wake her Call me when you try to wake her up Call me when you try to wake her Oh [Verse 3] Baby, instant soup doesn't really grab me Today I need something more sub-sub-sub-substantial A can of beans or black-eyed peas, some Nescafe and ice A candy bar, a falling star, or a reading from Doctor Seuss [Chorus] Call me when you try to wake her up Call me when you try to wake her Call me when you try to wake her up Call me when you try to wake her Call me when you try to wake her up Call me when you try to wake her [Verse 4] The cat in the hat came back Wreaked a lot of havoc on the way Always had a smile and a reason to pretend But their world has flat backgrounds And little need to sleep but to dream The sidewinder sleeps on his back [Chorus] Call me when you try to wake her up (Call me when you try to wake her) Call me when you try to wake her up (Call me when you try to wake her) I can always sleep standing up (Call me when you try to wake her) Oh Call me when you try to wake her up (Call me when you try to wake her) Call me when you try to wake her up (Call me when you try to wake her) I can always sleep standing up (Call me when you try to wake her) Oh [Outro] Call me when you try to wake her up (Call me when you try to wake her) I can always sleep standing up (Call me when you try to wake her) I can always sleep standing up (Call me when you try to wake her) We've got to boogie, boogie, move on this one -------- 1992 Automatic for the People -------- -------- Try Not To Breathe -------- [Verse 1] I will try not to breathe I can hold my head still with my hands at my knees These eyes are the eyes of the old Shivering and fold I will try not to breathe This decision is mine I have lived a full life And these are the eyes that I want you to remember [Pre-Chorus] Oh I need something to fly over my grave again I need something to breathe [Verse 2] I will try not to burden you I can hold these inside I will hold my breath until all these shivers subside Just look in my eyes I will try not to worry you I have seen things that you will never see Leave it to memory me I shudder to breathe [Chorus] I want you to remember Oh (You'll never see) I need something to fly (Something to fly) Over my grave again (You'll never see) I need something to breathe (Something to breathe) Baby, don't shiver now Why do you shiver now? (I have seen things you will never see) I need something to fly (Something to fly) Over my grave again (I have seen things you will never see) I need something to breathe [Verse 3] I will try not to worry you I have seen things that you will never see Leave it to memory me Don't dare me to breathe [Chorus] I want you to remember Oh (You'll never see) I need something to fly (Something to fly) Over my grave again (You'll never see) I need something to breathe (Something to breathe) Baby, don't shiver now Why do you shiver? (I have seen things you will never see) I need something to breathe (Something to breathe) (I have seen things you will never see) I want you to remember -------- 1994 Monster -------- -------- Bang and Blame -------- [Verse 1] If you could see yourself now, baby It's not my fault You used to be so in control You're going to roll right over this one Just roll me over, let me go You're laying blame Take this as no, no, no, no, no [Chorus] You bang, bang, bang, bang, bang And blame, blame, blame You bang, bang, bang, bang, bang It's not my thing, so let it go [Verse 2] If you could see yourself now, baby The tables have turned The whole world hinges on your swings Your secret life of indiscreet discretions I'd turn the screw and leave the screen Don't point your finger You know that's not my thing [Chorus] You came to bang, bang, bang, bang, bang And blame, blame, blame You bang, bang, bang, bang, bang It's not my thing, so let it go now [Verse 3] You've got a little worry I know it all too well I've got your number But so does every kiss and tell Who dares to cross your threshold Or happens on you way Stop laying blame You know that's not my thing [Chorus] You know that's not my thing You came to bang, bang, bang, bang, bang And blame, blame, blame You bang, bang, bang, bang, bang It's not my thing, so let it go You bang, bang, bang, bang, bang And blame, blame, blame You bang, bang, bang, bang, bang It's not my thing, so let it go [Outro] You kiss on me, tug on me Rub on me, jump on me You bang on me, beat on me Hit on me, let go on me You let go on me -------- 1994 Monster -------- -------- Circus Envy -------- [Verse 1] Here comes that awful feeling again Welcome the ugly animal I hold my breath to watch you swing My high rope acrobat ball and chain I'm not afraid, I messed it, messed it, messed it, messed it up [Chorus] I've got my telescope head in the haystack I'm getting tired of your dodgeball circus act Put pepper in my coffee, I forgot to bark On command [Verse 2] Here comes that awful feeling again Make way for monster jealousy The strong man kicked sand into my breakfast cereal bowl I'd spelled your name with Oatios He messed it, messed it, messed it, messed it up [Chorus] I've got my telescope head in the haystack I'm getting tired of your dodgeball circus act Put pepper in my coffee, I forgot to bark On command [Bridge] And you're mean, mean, mean And you tease, tease, tease me [Verse 3] If I were you I'd really run from me I'd really, really wish that I were you When I get loose I'll climb a tree and drop a load on your head This monster in me makes me retch You messed it, messed it up [Chorus] I've got my telescope head in the haystack I am tired of your dodgeball circus act Put pepper in my coffee, I forgot to bark Put pepper in my coffee, I forgot to bark On command [Outro] And you're mean, mean, mean And you tease, tease, tease me Do you smell jealousy? Do you smell jealousy? Jealousy Jealousy -------- 1994 Monster -------- -------- Crush with Eyeliner -------- [Verse 1] I know you I know you've seen her She's a sad tomato She's three miles of bad road Walking down the street Will I never meet her? She's a real woman-child Oh, my kiss breath turpentine [Chorus] I am smitten I'm the real thing (I'm the real thing) Have you seen her come around? My crush with eyeliner [Verse 2] I'm in like I'm infatuated It's all too much pressure She's all that I can take What position should I wear? Cop an attitude? (You faker) How can I convince her? (Faker) That I'm invented, too, yeah [Chorus] I am smitten I'm the real thing (I'm the real thing) We all invent ourselves And you know me [Verse 3] She's a sad tomato She's three miles of bad road She's her own invention (She's her own invention) That gets me in the throat What can I make myself be? Life is strange, yeah (Life is strange) What can I make myself be? (Fake her) To make her mine? [Chorus] I am smitten I'll do anything (I'll do anything) A kiss breath turpentine My crush with eyeliner [Chorus] I am smitten You know me (Yeah, you know me) I could be your Frankenstein My crush with eyeliner [Chorus] I am smitten I'm the real thing (I'm the real thing) Won't you be my valentine? My crush with eyeliner -------- 1994 Monster -------- -------- I Don't Sleep, I Dream -------- [Verse 1] I'm looking for an interruption Do you believe? You looking to dig my dreams Be prepared for anything You come into my little scene Hooray, hooray, hip-hip, hooray There's one thing I can guarantee You won't have to dig, dig too deep [Chorus] Said leave me to lay, but touch me deep I don't sleep, I dream I'll settle for a cup of coffee, but you know what I really need [Verse 2] Are you looking to drive my dreams? You here to run my screens? You come, deliver my demons Hooray, hooray, hip-hip, hooray Are you coming to ease my headache? Do you give good head? Am I good in bed? [Chorus] Said leave me to lay, but touch me deep I don't sleep, I dream I'll settle for a cup of coffee, but you know what I really need [Verse 3] I'm looking for an interruption Can you believe? Some medicine for my headache Hooray, hooray, hip-hip, hooray I'm pitching for a new direction Pinch me when I wake Don't tell me my dreams are fake [Chorus] Said leave me to lay, but touch me deep I don't sleep, I dream I'll settle for a cup of coffee, but you know what I really need Said leave me to lay, but touch me deep I don't sleep, I dream I'll settle for a cup of coffee, but you know what I really need -------- 1994 Monster -------- -------- I Took Your Name -------- [Verse 1] I wore the clothes you wanted I took your name If there is some confusion, who's to blame? I signed your living will I smiled your face I'm ready to close the book on NASA in outer space [Chorus] If there is some confusion Who's to blame? Who's to blame? [Verse 2] I sequenced your arrival I sealed your fate I pushed the button and erased your master tape I wrote the sales pitch I threw the brake switch I dragged your big-ass daddy Roth car out of that ditch [Chorus] If there is some confusion Who's to blame? Who's to blame? [Verse 3] I crossed your great divide I stirred your ocean's tide I called your bluff until I blew your circuits wide I'll be your albatross Devil, dog, Jesus, God I don't want to be Iggy Pop, but if that's what it takes, hey [Chorus] If there is some confusion Who's to blame? Who's to blame? -------- 1994 Monster -------- -------- King of Comedy -------- [Verse 1] Make your money with a suit and tie Make your money with shrewd denial Make your money expert advice If you can wing it Make your money with a power ply Make your money with a buyout bribe You can lie As long as you mean it [Chorus 1] I'm not king of comedy Grease the pig, give a squeeze (Squeeze me) [Verse 2] Make your money with exploitation Make it holy illumination Say a prayer at every station Don't forget to ask for mercy Make your money with a pretty face Make it easy with product placement Make it charged with controversy I'm straight, I'm queer, I'm bi [Chorus 2] I'm not king of comedy I'm not your magazine I'm not your television [Verse 3] Make your money, make it rich Make it young and make it quick Make your money on the jukebox, baby Let's pick up sticks Make your enemies make your moves Make your critics fumble through Make it smart and make it schmooze Make it look easy [Chorus 2] I'm not king of comedy I'm not your magazine I'm not your television I'm not your movie screen [Outro] I'm not commodity I'm not commodity I'm not commodity (All together now) -------- 1994 Monster -------- -------- Let Me In -------- [Verse 1] Yeah, all those stars drip down like butter And promises are sweet We hold out our pans with our hands to catch them We eat them up, drink them up, up, up, up [Chorus] Hey, let me in Hey, let me in [Verse 2] I only wish that I could hear you whisper down Mister fisher moved to a less peculiar ground He gathered up his loved ones and he brought them all around To say goodbye, nice try [Chorus] Hey, let me in Yeah, yeah, yeah Hey, let me in Let me in [Verse 3] I had a mind to try to stop you Let me in, let me in And I've got tar on my feet and I can't see all the birds Look down and laugh at me, clumsy, crawling out of my skin [Chorus] Hey, let me in Yeah, yeah, yeah Hey, let me in Hey, let me in Yeah, yeah, yeah Hey, let me in -------- 1994 Monster -------- -------- Star 69 -------- [Verse 1] You don't have to take the bar exam to see What you've done is Ignoramus 103 What've I got to hang my hat on, you don't have a pot to pee in All this just to be your friend, I was there until the end Extortion and arson, petty larceny [Chorus] I know you called, I know you called I know you called I know you called, I know you called I know you hung up my line, star 69 [Verse 2] I know all about the warehouse fire I know squirrels didn't chew the wires Three people have my number, the other two were with me I don't like to tell-tale but I'm not your patsy This time you have gone too far with me [Chorus] I know you called, I know you called I know you called I know you called, I know you called I know you hung up my line, star 69 [Verse 3] Why'd you put your quarter down on me? This reads like some dark Inside Edition, Hard Copy I can't be your character witness, I can't be your alibi Doorbell rings, it's the FBI, we learned Spy vs. Spy You, my friend, are guilty as can be [Chorus] I know you called, I know you called I know you called I know you called, I know you called I know you hung up my line I know you called, I know you called I know you called I know you called, I know you called I can't be your alibi, star 69 -------- 1994 Monster -------- -------- Strange Currencies -------- [Verse 1] I don't know why you're mean to me When I call on the telephone And I don't know what you mean to me But I want to turn you on, turn you up, figure you out I wanna take you on [Chorus] These words, "You will be mine" These words, "You will be mine", all the time [Verse 2] The fool might be my middle name But I'd be foolish not to say I'm going to make whatever it takes Bring you up, call you down, sign your name, secret love Make it rhyme, take you in, and make you mine [Chorus] These words, "You will be mine" These words, "You will be mine," all the time, oh [Bridge] I tripped and fell, did I fall What I want to feel, I want to feel it now [Verse 3] And now with love come strange currencies And here is my appeal I need a chance, a second chance, a third chance, a fourth chance A word, a signal, a nod, a little breath Just to fool myself, to catch myself, to make it real, real [Chorus] These words, "You will be mine" These words, "You will be mine," all the time, oh [Outro] These words, "You will be mine" These words, they haunt me, hunt me down, catch in my throat, make me pray Say, love's confined, oh -------- 1994 Monster -------- -------- Tongue -------- [Verse 1] Call my name, here I come Ninety to nothing, watch me run You call I am ashamed to say Ugly girls know their fate Anybody can get laid You want a room with a fire escape I want to tell you how much I hate this Don't leave that stuff all over me [Chorus] It pains me Please just leave it [Verse 2] I should toss that vanity license plate Toss that make-up painted face Box those poems, chocolate cake Scratch that name on the record player Please just leave me be Don't lay that stuff all over me It crawls all over All over me [Bridge] Call my name, here I come Your last ditch lay, will I never learn? Caramel turn on a dusty apology It crawls all over me You turn all over [Chorus] It pains me Please just leave it -------- 1994 Monster -------- -------- What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? -------- [Verse 1] "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed I thought I'd pegged you an idiot's dream Tunnel vision from the outsider's screen [Chorus] I never understood the frequency, uh-huh You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh [Verse 2] I'd studied your cartoons, radio, music, TV, movies, magazines Richard said, "Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy" A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth You said that irony was the shackles of youth [Chorus] You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh I never understood the frequency, uh-huh [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh Butterfly decal, rear-view mirror, dogging the scene You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth You said that irony was the shackles of youth [Chorus] You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh I never understood the frequency, uh-huh You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh I couldn't understand You said that irony was the shackles of youth, uh-huh I couldn't understand You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh I couldn't understand I never understood, don't fuck with me, uh-huh -------- 1994 Monster -------- -------- You -------- [Verse 1] Let the sun beat through the clouds, let me kiss you on the mouth All my childhood toys with chew marks in your smile Let me hold your syrup close to mine Let me watch you, Hollywood and Vine And I want you like the movies, touch me now [Chorus] I love you crazy, just keep on I love you madly, just keep watch You wipe my lips, you turn me on My attentions are turned to you [Verse 2] Did I dream you were a tourist in the Arizona sun? I can see you there with Luna moths and watermelon gum I woke up in the sleeping bag with nowhere else to run You're standing in the bathroom telling me its all in fun [Chorus] I love you crazy, just keep on I love you madly, just keep watch You wipe my lips, you turn me on My attentions are turned to you [Verse 3] I can whisper in your ear, I can write a calendar year I can wing around your Saturn smile or shout at the moon I walked the tension wire line and I learned to disrespect the signs And I want you like a Pisces rising, even though [Chorus] I love you crazy, just keep on I love you madly, just keep watch You wipe my lips, you turn me on My attentions are turned to you [Outro] You You You -------- 1996 New Adventures in Hi-Fi -------- -------- Be Mine -------- [Introduction] Uh, speed zone up here, Tim [Verse 1] I never thought of this as funny It speaks another world to me I wanna be your Easter bunny I wanna be your Christmas tree I'll strip the world that you must live in Of all its godforsaken greed I'll ply the tar out of your feathers I'll pluck the thorns out of your feet [Chorus] You and me You and me [Verse 2] And if I choose your sanctuary I want to wash you with my hair I want to drink of sacred fountains And find the riches hidden there I'll eat the lotus and peyote I want to hear the caged bird sing I want the secrets of the Temple I want the finger with the ring [Chorus] You and me You and me You and me [Verse 3] And if you make me your religion I'll give you all the room you need I'll be the drawing of your breath I'll be the cup if you should bleed I'll be the sky above the Ganges I'll be the vast and stormy sea I'll be the lights that guide you inward I'll be the visions you will see The visions you will see You will see You will see [Chorus] You and me You and me You and me You and me You and me You and me -------- 1996 New Adventures in Hi-Fi -------- -------- Binky the Doormat -------- [Verse 1] This is horror movie stuff The muffin is peach, you're 'making love' You mean this opera involves handcuffs? I lay defeated Yeah, sour milk mouth, horseradish sweet She's a girl and she's loving me But distance is my tendency I am defeated [Chorus] Have you lost your place? (Go away, go away) I wore my doormat face (Go away, go away) (Go away, go, go, go) I hung my this or that (Go away, go away) (Go away, go away) I laid my welcome mat (Go away, go away) [Verse 2] If I'm your oyster, where's the war? You leave me gasping, tattered and torn Oh, I know you can't find a fork I am just a little acorn Well, acorns grow to mighty trees You've got sauce, but you don't have knees Now look who's asking pretty please I lay defeated [Chorus] Have you lost your place? (Go away, go away) I wore my doormat face (Go away, go away) (Go away, go, go, go) I hung my this or that (Go away, go away) (Go away, go away) I laid my welcome mat (Go away, go away) [Verse 3] Call your bathroom friends around I will fake a little frown I will be your little clown Easily defeated Yeah, shut the door and open wide Seconal and astroglide Fuck with me and traumatize Don't you see I love your hide? All the beauty that's trapped inside Can't you see I love your hide? Can't you see I love your hide? Can't you see it? [Chorus] Have you lost your place? (Go away, go away) I wore my doormat face (Go away, go away) (Go away, go, go, go) I hung my this or that (Go away, go away) (Go away, go away) I laid my welcome mat (Go away, go away) (Go away, go, go, go) I hung my this or that (Go away, go away) (Go away, go away) I laid my welcome mat (Go away, go away) (Go away, go, go, go) Go away, go away (Go away, go away) Go away, go away (Go away, go away) Go away, go away (Go away, go away) -------- 1996 New Adventures in Hi-Fi -------- -------- Bittersweet Me -------- [Verse 1] I move across, innocence lost All flashing pulsar I move across the earth in my new pattern shirt I pass satellites "You're so bitter," your complaint I can't give you anything I don't know who you're living for I don't who you are anymore [Pre-Chorus] I'd sooner chew my leg off Than be trapped in this How easy you think of all of this as bittersweet me [Chorus] I couldn't taste it I'm tired and naked I don't know what I'm hungry for I don't know what I want anymore [Verse 2] I move across, candy floss I move like a tank I move across the room with a heart full of gloom I'm stronger than you think Oh, my peer, your veneer Is wearing thin and cracking The surface informs the underneath The underneath is lacking [Pre-Chorus] I'd sooner chew my leg off Than be trapped in this How easy you think of all of this as bittersweet me [Chorus] I couldn't taste it I'm tired and naked I don't know what I'm hungry for I don't know what I want anymore [Verse 3] You move across, innocence lost All static and desire You're blue in the face from navel gaze You set yourself on fire You strip down and lay yourself out I know you can't fake it But are you tired and naked? Oh, are you tired and naked? [Pre-Chorus] I'd sooner chew my leg off Than be trapped in this How easy you think of all of this as bittersweet me [Chorus] I couldn't taste it I'm tired and naked I don't know what I'm hungry for I don't know what I want anymore I couldn't taste it I'm tired and naked I don't know what I'm hungry for I don't know what I want anymore I couldn't taste it I'm tired and naked I don't know what I'm hungry for I don't know what I want anymore -------- 1996 New Adventures in Hi-Fi -------- -------- Departure -------- [Verse 1] Just arrived Singapore, San Sebastian, Spain, 26-hour trip Salt Lake City, come in spring over the salt flats A hailstorm brought you back to me Salt Lake City, come in spring over the salt flats A hailstorm brought you back to me [Chorus] Here it comes I'm carried away Here it comes I'm carried away Here it comes, bad [Verse 2] Departure, godspeed, bless his heart, good Lord What a fuck-up, what a fighter A free-fall, motorcycle, hang-glider Hung on the line like a, a poison spider Win a eulogy from William Greider A car crash, ptomaine, disposable lighter A bus plunge, avalanche, RV, vinegar cider Free-fall, motorcycle, hang-glider [Chorus] Here it comes I'm carried away Here it comes I'm carried away Here it comes, bad, bad [Bridge] Go, go, go, go, yeah Go, go, go, go, yeah There's so much Go, go, go, yeah [Verse 3] Well, everybody is young forever There's so much to tell you, so little time I've come a long way since, uh, whatever Shit, I still see that word and think of you But there is so much that I can't do, yeah There's so much And you will be young forever There is so much that I can't do There is so much that I can't do [Chorus] Here it comes I'm carried away Here it comes I'm carried away Here it comes, bad, bad Here it comes I'm carried away Here it comes I'm carried away Here it comes, bad, bad -------- 1996 New Adventures in Hi-Fi -------- -------- E-Bow the Letter (Ft. Patti Smith) -------- [Verse 1: Michael Stipe] Look up and what do you see? All of you and all of me Fluorescent and starry, some of them, they surprise The bus ride, I went to write this, 4:00 a.m, this letter Fields of poppies, little pearls all the boys and all the girls Sweet-toothed, each and every one a little scary I said your name, I wore it like a badge of teenage film stars Hash bars, cherry mash and tinfoil tiaras Dreaming of Maria Callas, whoever she is This fame thing, I don't get it I wrap my hand in plastic to try to look through it Maybelline eyes and girl-as-boy moves I can take you far, this star thing, I don't get it [Chorus: Patti Smith and Michael Stipe] I'll take you over, there I'll take you over, there Aluminum, tastes like fear Adrenaline, it pulls us near I'll take you over It tastes like fear I'll take you over [Verse 2: Michael Stipe] Will you live to 83? Will you ever welcome me? Will you show me something that nobody else has seen? Smoke it, drink, here comes the flood, anything to thin the blood These corrosives do their magic slowly and sweet Phone, eat it, drink, just another chink Cuts and dents, they catch the light Aluminum, the weakest link I don't want to disappoint you, I'm not here to anoint you I would lick your feet, but is that the sickest move? I wear my own crown of sadness and sorrow And who'd have thought tomorrow would be so strange? My loss, and here we go again [Chorus: Patti Smith and Michael Stipe] I'll take you over, there I'll take you over, there Aluminum, tastes like fear Adrenaline, it pulls us near I'll take you over It tastes like fear, pulls us near I'll take you over [Verse 3: Michael Stipe] Look up and what do you see? All of you and all of me, florescent and starry And some of them, they surprise I can't look it in the eyes, seconal, Spanish fly, absinthe, kerosene Cherry-flavored neck and collar I can smell the sorrow on your breath The sweat, the victory and sorrow, the smell of fear I got it [Chorus: Patti Smith and Michael Stipe] I'll take you over, there Aluminum, tastes like fear Adrenaline, it pulls us near I'll take you over, take you there Aluminum, tastes like fear Adrenaline, it pulls us near I'll take you over, take you there It tastes like fear, pulls us near I'll take you over, take you there It tastes like fear, pulls us near [Outro: Patti Smith and Michael Stipe] Pulls us near It tastes like fear Tastes like fear Pulls us near Pulls us near Near, near Over, over, over, over And nearer and nearer Over, over, over, yeah Oh, oh I'll take you over Yeah I'll take you over, I'll take you there Oh, over I'll take you there Over, baby I'll take you over There, there I'll take you there There, baby -------- 1996 New Adventures in Hi-Fi -------- -------- Electrolite -------- [Verse 1] Your eyes are burning holes through me I'm gasoline I'm burning clean Twentieth century, go to sleep You're plasticine That is obscene That is obscene [Chorus] You are the star tonight Your sun electric outta sight Your light eclipsed the moon tonight Electrolite You're out of sight [Verse 2] If I ever want to fly Mulholland Drive I am alive Hollywood is under me I'm Martin Sheen I'm Steve McQueen I'm Jimmy Dean [Chorus] You are the star tonight Your sun electric outta sight Your light eclipsed the moon tonight Electrolite You're out of sight [Verse 3] If you ever want to fly Mulholland Drive Up in the sky Stand on a cliff and look down there Don't be scared You are alive You are alive [Chorus] You are the star tonight Your sun electric outta sight Your light eclipsed the moon tonight Electrolite You're out of sight [Verse 4] Twentieth century, go to sleep Really deep We won't blink Your eyes are burning holes through me I'm not scared I'm out of here I'm not scared I'm out of here -------- 1996 New Adventures in Hi-Fi -------- -------- How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us -------- [Verse 1] Blood from a stone, water from wine Born under an ill-placed sign A stroke of bad luck, wrong place, wrong time This flyer is out of line [Chorus] The story is a sad one, told many times The story of my life in trying times Just add water, stir in lime How the west was won and where it got us Ahh [Verse 2] The canary got trapped in the uranium mine A stroke of bad luck, now the bird has died A marker to mark where my tears run dry I cross it, bless it, alkaline [Chorus] The story is a sad one, told many times The story of my life in trying times Just add water, stir in lime How the west was won and where it got us Ahh [Verse 3] I didn't wear glasses because I thought it might rain Now I can't see anything I made a mistake, chalked it up to design I cracked through time/space, godless and dry I point my nose to the northern star And watch the decline from a hazy distance [Chorus] The story is a sad one, told many times The story of my life in trying times Just add water, stir in lime How the west was won and where it got us Ahh -------- 1996 New Adventures in Hi-Fi -------- -------- Leave -------- [Verse 1] Nothing could bring me closer Nothing could bring me near Where is the road I follow To leave it? Leave It's under, under, under my feet The sea spread out there before me Where do I go when the land touches sea? There is my trust in what I believe [Chorus] That's what keeps me, that's what keeps me That's what keeps me down To leave it, leave it Leave it all behind [Verse 2] Shifting the dream Nothing could bring me further from my old friend time Shifting the dream, it's charging the scene I know where I marked the signs I suffer the dreams of a world gone mad I like it like that and I know it I know it well, ugly and sweet I temper madness with an even extreme That's what keeps me, that's what keeps me That's what keeps me down I say that I'm a bantam lightweight I say that I'm a phantom airplane that never left the ground [Chorus] That's what keeps me, that's what keeps me That's what keeps me down To leave, leave it Leave it all behind [Verse 3] Lift me, lift me I attain my dream I lost myself, I lost the Heartache calling me I lost myself in sorrow I lost myself in pain I lost myself in gravity Memory, leave, leave, leave [Chorus] That's what keeps me, that's what keeps me That's what keeps me down To leave it, leave it Leave it all behind That's what keeps me, that's what keeps me That's what keeps me down To leave it, leave it Leave it all behind [Verse 4] Lift my hands, my eyes are still I'll walk into the sea Shoot myself in a different place And leave it I've longed for this to take me I've longed for my release I've waited for the calling To leave, leave [Outro] Leave, leave Leaving Leaving, leaving -------- 1996 New Adventures in Hi-Fi -------- -------- Low Desert -------- [Verse 1] It happened fast, it's over quick A little dust and the engine kicks Did your hands drift down off the wheel? Roll out, hit your windshield An eyelash or a little bit of sleep? Time stands still Just call it now and you're on your way [Chorus] Hey Hey hey Hey [Verse 2] All the ashtrays, cities and the freeway drives Broken casino and water-slides Eighteen-wheeler, payback dice Gravity pulls on the power line Jet stream cuts the desert sky, this is a land could eat a man alive Say you'll leave it all behind [Chorus] Hey Hey hey Hey [Verse 3] There's a radio tower that's egging you on Back to the place where you never belong Where people thrive on their own contempt Whatever meaning is long gone, spent If you had to guess or make a bet Would you place yourself inside of it? The mountains yawn, the clouds let out a sigh "Tricked again," let go, okay [Chorus] Hey Hey hey Hey Hey hey Hey -------- 1996 New Adventures in Hi-Fi -------- -------- New Test Leper -------- [Verse 1] I can't say that I love Jesus That would be a hollow claim He did make some observations And I'm quoting them today "Judge not lest ye be judged" What a beautiful refrain The studio audience disagrees Have his lambs all gone astray? [Chorus] Call me a leper Call me a leper Call me a leper [Verse 2] "You are lost and disillusioned" What an awful thing to say I know this show doesn't flatter It means nothing to me I thought I might help them understand But what an ugly thing to see "I am not an animal" Subtitled under the screen [Chorus] Call me a leper Call me a leper Call me a leper [Verse 3] When I tried to tell my story They cut me off to take a break I sat silent five commercials I had nothing left to say The talk show host was index-carded All organized and blank The other guests were scared and hardened What a sad parade What a sad parade [Chorus] Call me a leper Call me a leper Call me a leper -------- 1996 New Adventures in Hi-Fi -------- -------- So Fast, So Numb -------- [Verse 1] You're moving through the rough waters, motel boy And swimming in your sleep How could I be so blind, mis-sighted Not to see there's something wounded deep? Anyone could scratch your surface now It's all amphetamine You're blasting yourself into the present To blur some past indignity, say that [Pre-Chorus 1] You say that you hate it You want to re-create it [Chorus] I've been around, I've been your lover I let it go at Kill Devil Hills You're coming onto something so fast, so numb That you can't even feel [Verse 2] You're drinking raw adrenal, baby And do-si-do, saddo You're eating cartilage, shark-eyes, shark-heart, all present tense And boy, your blood is running cold Listen! This is now, this is here this is me This is what I wanted you to see That was then, that was that that is gone, that is past You cast yourself, cast passed by, thrown down fast [Pre-Chorus 1] You say, you say that you hate it You want to re-create it [Chorus] I've been around, I've been your lover I let it go at Kill Devil Hills You're coming onto something so fast, so numb That you can't even feel [Bridge] You love it, you hate it You want to re-create it Now! This is here, this is me This is what I wanted you to see That was then, that was that, that is gone That is what I wanted you to feel [Pre-Chorus 2] You love it, you hate it I'm spitting out the bitter pill [Chorus] I've been around, I've been your lover I let it go at Kill Devil Hills You're coming onto something so fast, so numb That you can't even feel, whoa I've been around, I've been your lover I played it out to the hilt, whoa You're coming onto something so fast, so numb That you can't even feel You've played around, you played me lover I let it go at Kill Devil Hills, whoa You're moving so hard, so fast, so numb That you can't even feel -------- 1996 New Adventures in Hi-Fi -------- -------- The Wake-Up Bomb -------- [Verse 1] I look good in a glass pack, I look good and mean I look good in metallic sick wraparound and blackout tease I scud along the horizon, I drink some sweet tree tea I get high in my low-ass boot-cut jean, I like being seen I look good with my drink-eat-no-sleep, take-a-leap longevity I get high on my attitude, latitude, 1973 Oh, I'm in deep [Pre-Chorus] My head's on fire and high esteem Carry my dead, bored, been there, done that, anything [Chorus] Oh, the wake-up bomb Oh, the wake-up bomb Oh, the wake-up bomb Oh, the wake-up bomb My head's on fire and high esteem Get drunk and sing along to Queen Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene Carry my dead, bored, been there, done that, anything [Verse 2] I had to knock a few buildings over, I make an ugly mess I had to blow a gasket, drop transmission, I had to decompress I had to write the great American novel, I had a neutron bomb I had to teach the world to sing by the age of 21 I wake up (Wake up), I wake up (Wake up) I threw up when I saw what I'd done [Chorus] Oh, the wake-up bomb Oh, the wake-up bomb My head's on fire and high esteem Get drunk and sing along to Queen Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene Oh, I'd rather be anywhere than doing anything [Bridge] I've had enough, I've seen enough, I've had it all, I'm giving up I won the race, I broke the cup, I drank it all, I spit it up I've had enough, I've seen enough, I've had it all, I'm giving up I won the race, I broke the cup, I drank it all, I spit it up Yeah, atomic, supersonic, what a joke, oh, I'm dumb See you, d-don't want to be you, you lunch meat, pond scum [Outro] My head's on fire in high esteem Get drunk and sing along to Queen Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything -------- 1996 New Adventures in Hi-Fi -------- -------- Undertow -------- [Verse 1] I know what I wanted, I know what I wanted I know how I wanted this to be Go down to the water, drink down of the water Walk up off the water, leave it be But this is not my dream, sister, it is cold in heaven And I'm not sprouting wings [Chorus] I'm drowning me I'm drowning me Yeah [Verse 2] Brother, can you see those birds? They don't look to heaven But they don't need religion, they can see They go down to the water, drink down on the water Fly up off the water, leave them be But this is not my time, sister, it is cold in heaven And no one's coming after me [Chorus] I'm drowning me (Breathing ourselves) I'm drowning me (Breathing ourselves) Yeah [Verse 3] You know I am tired, cold and bony tired Nothing's going to save me, I can see I can't say I'm fearful, I can't say I'm not afraid But I am not resisting, I can see Now, I don't need a heaven, and I don't need religion I am in the place where I should be I am breathing water, I am breathing water You know a body's got to breathe [Chorus] I'm drowning me (Breathing ourselves, breathing ourselves) I'm drowning me (Breathing ourselves) I'm drowning me (Breathing ourselves, breathing ourselves) I'm drowning me (Breathing ourselves) -------- 1996 New Adventures in Hi-Fi -------- -------- Zither -------- [Instrumental] -------- 1998 Up -------- -------- Airportman -------- [Verse] He moves efficiently Beyond security Great opportunity awaits Airport fluorescent Creature of habit Labored breathing and shallow skin Recycled air Moving sidewalks Great opportunity blinks Great opportunity blinks Great opportunity blinks Great opportunity blinks Discounted The people mover The people mover Discounted -------- 1998 Up -------- -------- At My Most Beautiful -------- [Chorus] I've found a way to make you I've found a way A way to make you smile [Verse 1] I read bad poetry Into your machine I save your messages Just to hear your voice You always listen carefully To awkward rhymes You always say your name Like I wouldn't know it's you At your most beautiful [Chorus] I've found a way to make you I've found a way A way to make you smile [Verse 2] At my most beautiful I count your eyelashes secretly With every one, whisper I love you I let you sleep I know your closed eye watching me Listening I thought I saw a smile [Chorus] I've found a way to make you I've found a way A way to make you smile -------- 1998 Up -------- -------- Daysleeper -------- [Verse 1] Receiving department, 3 A.M Staff cuts have socked up the overage Directives are posted, no callbacks, complaints Everywhere is calm Hong Kong is present, Taipei awakes All talk of circadian rhythm [Chorus] I see today with a newsprint fray My night is colored headache gray Daysleeper Daysleeper Daysleeper [Verse 2] The bull and the bear are marking their territories They're leading the blind with their international glories I am the screen, the blinding light I'm the screen, I work at night [Chorus] I see today with a newsprint fray My night is colored headache gray Don't wake me with so much Daysleeper [Bridge] I cried the other night I can't even say why Fluorescent flat caffeine lights It's furious balancing I am the screen, the blinding light I'm the screen, I work at night [Chorus] I see today with a newsprint fray My night is colored headache gray Don't wake me with so much The ocean machine is set to nine I'll squeeze into heaven and Valentine My bed is pulling me, gravity Daysleeper Daysleeper Daysleeper Daysleeper Daysleeper -------- 1998 Up -------- -------- Diminished / I'm Not Over You -------- "Diminished" [Verse 1] I watched you fall I think I pushed Maybe I'm crazy Maybe diminished Maybe I'm innocent Maybe I'm finished Maybe I blacked out How do I play this? [Chorus] I will give my best today I will give myself away I have never hurt anything Is the jury wavering? Do they know I sing? [Verse 2] Maybe I'm crazy Maybe diminished How do I How do I play this? Jealous lover, self defense Protective brother, chemical Dependence I'll consult the I Ching I'll consult the TV Ouija, Oblique Strategies I'll consult the law books for Precedents Can I charm the jury? [Chorus] I will give my best today I will give myself away I have never hurt anything Is the justice wavering? Does she know I sing That song? Sing along (I will never hurt anything) Sing along (I will never hurt anything) Sing along (I will never hurt anything) [Verse 3] I watched you fall I think I pushed Maybe they'll see me Maybe they'll say "I can see the truth in his statement Smallpox blanket? No way." Can I charm the jury, my defense? Maybe I'm crazy Maybe diminished Maybe I loved you Baby I loved you Baby I loved you Baby I loved you Baby I'm finished [Chorus] I will give my best today I will give myself away I have never hurt anything Is the justice wavering? Does she know I sing That song? Sing along (I will never hurt anything) Sing along (I will never hurt anything) Sing along (I will never hurt anything) [Outro] I have given myself away I have given my best today I have never hurt anything Is the justice wavering? Does she know I loved you? Does she know I loved you? Does she know I sing? "I'm Not Over You" [Verse] I feel great, I lied to save your feelings Truth convened, my head smashed through the ceiling I lost an arm, no one harmed, you Diplomatically alarmed I sulked away to lick my thin skin [Chorus] And I'm not over you I'm not over you I'm not over you -------- 1998 Up -------- -------- Falls To Climb -------- [Verse 1] I'll take the position Assume the missionary part You work by committee You had me pegged from the start I'll be pounce pony Phoney maroney Pony before the cart I'll be pounce pony This ceremony Only fills my heart [Chorus] Who cast the final stone? Who threw the crushing blow? Someone has to take the fall Why not me? [Verse 2] A punch toy volunteer A weakling on its knee Is all you want to hear And all you want to see Romantically, you'd martyr me And miss this story's point It is my strength, my destiny This is the role that I have chosen [Chorus] Who cast the final stone? Who threw the crushing blow? Someone has to take the fall Why not me? [Verse 3] Gentlemen mark your opponents Fire into your own ranks Pick the weakest as strategic move Square off to meet your enemy For each and every gathering A scapegoat falls to climb As I step forward, silently Deliberately mine [Chorus] Who cast the final stone? Who threw the crushing blow? Someone has to take the fall Why not me? Why not me? Had consequence chose differently Had fate its ugly head My actions make me beautiful And dignify the flesh Me. I am free. Free -------- 1998 Up -------- -------- Hope -------- [Verse 1] You want to go out Friday And you want to go forever You know that it sounds childish That you've dreamed of alligators You hope that we are with you And you hope you're recognized You want to go forever You see it in my eyes I'm lost in the confusion And it doesn't seem to matter You really can't believe it And you hope it's getting better [Verse 2] You want to trust the doctors Their procedure is the best But the last try was a failure And the intern was a mess And they did the same to Matthew And he bled till Sunday night They're saying don't be frightened But you're weakened by the sight of it You lock into a pattern And you know that it's the last ditch You're trying to see through it And it doesn't make sense But they're saying don't be frightened And they're killing alligators And they're hog-tied and accepting of The struggle [Verse 3] You want to trust religion And you know it's allegory But the people who are followers Have written their own story So you look up to the heavens And you hope that it's a spaceship And it's something from your childhood You're thinking don't be frightened [Verse 4] You want to climb the ladder You want to see forever You want to go out Friday And you want to go forever And you want to cross your DNA To cross your DNA with something reptile And you're questioning the sciences And questioning religion You're looking like an idiot And you no longer care And you want bridge the schism A built-in mechanism to protect you And you're looking for salvation And you're looking for deliverance You're looking like an idiot And you no longer care Because you want to climb the ladder You want to go forever And you want to go out Friday You want to go forever -------- 1998 Up -------- -------- Lotus -------- [Intro] Hey, hey! Hey, hey! [Verse 1] I was hell, sarcastic silver swell That day it rained Tough spun, hard won, no Ocean flower aquarium Badlands, give a hand Honey dip, flim flam Hey hey, hey hey That cat can walk like a big bad man [Chorus] So happy to show us Oh, I ate the lotus Say, haven't you noticed? Oh, I ate the lotus [Verse 2] Storefront window, I reflect Just last week I was merely heck Tip the scale, I was hell It picked me up, then I fell Who's this stranger? Crowbar spine Dot, dot, dot, and I feel fine Let it rain, rain, rain Bring my happy back again [Chorus] So happy to show us Oh, I ate the lotus Say, haven't you noticed? Oh, I ate the lotus Oh, I ate the lotus [Verse 3] Let it rain, rain, rain Save me from myself again Wash away my ugly sins Opposing thumb, dorsal fin That monkey died for my grin Bring my happy back again Let it rain, rain, rain Bring my happy back again [Chorus] So happy to show us Oh, I ate the lotus Say haven't you noticed? Oh, I ate the lotus Oh, I ate the lotus Oh, I ate the lotus Oh, I ate the lotus -------- 1998 Up -------- -------- Parakeet -------- [Verse 1] You wake up in the morning And fall out of your bed Mean cats eat parakeets And this one's nearly dead You dearly wish the wind would shift And greasy window slide Open for the parakeet Who's colored bitter lime [Chorus] Open the window And lift into your dreams Baby, baby You can barely breathe [Verse 2] A broken wrist An accident You know that something's wrong You fold the leavings of your past No one knows you've gone The sunspot flares of the early Nineties light up your wings And scan the shortwave radio It's tracking outer rings [Chorus] Open the window To lift into our dreams Baby, baby You can start to breathe [Verse 3] The tectonic dispatcher shifts To smooth the ocean floor And flattens out to warmer winds Of Brisbane's sunny shore Where Buddhas tend to mending wrists A tea made from the leaves Of eucalyptus fragrances And coriander seeds [Chorus] Open the window To lift into a dream Baby, baby You can start to breathe Open the window To lift into a dream Baby, baby You can start to breathe [Outro] You wake up in the morning To warm Pacific breeze Where mean cats chew on licorice And cannot climb the trees -------- 1998 Up -------- -------- Sad Professor -------- [Verse 1] If we're talking about love Then I have to tell you Dear readers, I'm not sure where I'm headed I've gotten lost before I've woke up stone drunk Face down in the floor [Chorus] Late afternoon, the house is hot I started, I jumped up Everyone hates a bore Everybody hates a drunk [Verse 2] This may be a lip invention Professors muddled in their intent To try to rope in followers To float their malcontent As for this reader I'm already spent [Chorus] Late afternoon, the house is hot I started, I jumped up Everyone hates a sad professor I hate where I wound up [Verse 3] Dear readers, my apologies I'm drifting in and out of sleep Long silence presents the tragedies Of love. Note the age. Get afraid The surface hazy with attendant thoughts A lazy eye metaphor on the rocks [Chorus] Late afternoon, the house is hot I started, I jumped up Everyone hates a bore Everybody hates a drunk Everyone hates a sad professor I hate where I wound up I hate where I wound up -------- 1998 Up -------- -------- Suspicion -------- [Verse 1] Now my suspicion's on the rise I have known, I have known your kind Please don't talk, don't make me think Order up another drink Let me let imagination drive [Chorus] Can't you see I need nothing too deep Imagination come alive Suspicion Tonight, I'll dream tonight [Verse 2] Listen to the devils in my ear Tell me what, what I want to hear You're so funny, you're so fine You're so perfect, you're so mine That I never had an opportunity to hide No, I've never had a chance [Chorus] Can't you see I need nothing too deep Imagination come alive Suspicion Tonight, I'll dream tonight [Verse 3] Look into my eyes They hypnotize, the lights, the drinks Let the music carry you away My eyes are blurred My sights are limited Am I sensing a familiar twinge? [Chorus] Please don't speak Make me think It's all too deep Imagination Come alive, suspicion Step down, I'll dream tonight Step down, I'll dream You're so naked baby Carry me away Dream, dream -------- 1998 Up -------- -------- The Apologist -------- [Verse 1] They call me the apologist And now that I'm at peak You know at first it really hurt We joke about these things I've skirted all my differences But now I'm facing up I wanted to apologize for Everything I was so [Chorus] I'm sorry, so sorry So sorry, so sorry So sorry, so sorry So sorry [Verse 2] Did you understand me right? The people here are good They tell me what I should have done And offer what I could I'm good, all is good All's well, no complaints When I feel regret I get down on my knees and pray [Chorus] I'm sorry, so sorry So sorry, so sorry So sorry, so sorry So sorry, so sorry [Post-Chorus] I live a simple life Unfettered by complex sweets You think this isn't me? Don't be weak There I go I'm so sorry [Bridge] Thank you for being there for me Thank you for listening, goodbye I can forfeit selfishness I hope for you that you apply This happiness This peacefulness This peacefulness [Chorus] I'm sorry, so sorry So sorry, so sorry So sorry, so sorry So sorry [Post-Chorus] I live a simple life Unfettered by complex sweets You think this isn't me? You're so sweet I'm so sorry [Outro] Thank you for being there for me Thank you for listening, goodbye -------- 1998 Up -------- -------- Walk Unafraid -------- [Verse 1] As the sun comes up, as the moon goes down These heavy notions creep around It makes me think, long ago I was brought into this life a little lamb A little lamb Courageous, stumbling Fearless was my middle name [Pre-Chrous 1] But somewhere there I lost my way Everyone walks the same Expecting me to step The narrow path they've laid They claim to [Chorus] Walk unafraid I'll be clumsy instead Hold my love me or leave me high [Verse 2] Say "keep within the boundaries if you want to play." Say "contradiction only makes it harder." How can I be What I want to be? When all I want to do is strip away These stilled constraints [Pre-Chorus 2] And crush this charade Shred this sad masquerade I don't need no persuading I'll trip, fall, pick myself up and [Chorus] Walk unafraid I'll be clumsy instead Hold my love me or leave me high [Verse 3] If I have a bag of rocks to carry as I go I just want to hold my head up high I don't care what I have to step over I'm prepared to look you in the eye Look me in the eye [Pre-Chorus 3] And if you see familiarity Then celebrate the contradiction Help me when I fall to [Chorus] Walk unafraid I'll be clumsy instead Hold my love me or leave me high Walk unafraid I'll be clumsy instead Hold my love me or leave me high -------- 1998 Up -------- -------- Why Not Smile -------- [Verse 1] The concrete broke your fall To hear you speak of it I'd have done anything I would do anything I feel like a cartoon brick wall To hear you speak of it [Chorus] You've been so sad It makes me worry Why not smile? You've been sad for a while Why not smile? [Verse 2] I would do anything To hear you speak of it Why not smile? [Outro] You've been sad for a while You've been sad for a while -------- 1998 Up -------- -------- You’re In the Air -------- [Verse 1] You wanted a challenge that's calling you higher I landed on my feet by crawling I remember standing alone trying to forget you idling I hate to admit that that's my reference point But there it is you say you want me [Chorus] I'm what you found, I'm upside down You're in the air, you're in the air and I am breathing [Verse 2] Brighten the stars The weather is lifting the heavens love a love like this It's pulling you higher twist it and turn this around It lights from within it dribbles your chin Now brings a smile, I'm lost again I'm lost again [Chorus] I'm what you found, I'm upside down You're in the air, you're in the air and I am breathing you [Verse 3] I want the stars to know they've won if only to beguile The sky has opened up again in heavens reconciled I want you naked, I want you wild, I want the stars to know they win Give me that smile, just give it me, just turn it on, I'm lost again [Chorus] I'm what you found, I'm upside down, you're in the air I'm what you found, I'm upside down, you're in the air I'm what you found, I'm upside down You're everywhere, you're in the air and I am breathing you -------- 2001 Reveal -------- -------- All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star) -------- [Verse 1] Hummin' All the way to Reno You've dusted the non-believers And challenged the laws of chance Now sweeter You're so sugar sweet You may as well have had Kick Me Fastened on your sleeve [Chorus] You know what you are You're gonna be a star You know what you are You're gonna be a star [Verse 2] "Wing" is written on your feet Your Achilles' heel Is the tendency To dream But you've know that from the beginning You didn't have to go so far You didn't have to go [Chorus] You know what you are You're gonna be a star You know what you are You're gonna be a star [Bridge] You know who you are You know who you are You know who you are [Verse 3] Hummin' All the way to Reno You've written your own directions And whistled the rules have changed [Chorus] You know what you are You're gonna be a star (star) You know what you are You're gonna be a star (star) You know what you are You're gonna be a star (star) You know what you are You're gonna be a star (star) [Outro] Hummin' All the way to Reno All the way to Reno All the way to Reno You're gonna be a star, you are, you are You're gonna be a star You're gonna be a star, you are, you are You're gonna be a star -------- 2001 Reveal -------- -------- Beach Ball -------- [Verse 1] Tonight's alive The beachball's set to fly Those well tequilaed guys Who smile at strangers À tes souhaits À tes amours chéri You give a little sneeze And dance the rhu-rhu-rhu-rhu-rhumba [Chorus] This life is sweet You're dancing in the street Who knows who you might meet? Who to find [Verse 2] The little week ends here Thursday has an ear The coffee klatch career She talks to strangers And kissing by the sea Particular to me 'ti punch, mojito, sling And dance the rhu-rhu-rhu-rhu-rhumba [Chorus] This life is sweet You're dancing in the street Who knows who you might meet? Who to find [Verse 3] We flash the seaside sky With starfish butterflies To cast a spell and welcome locals Weekenders and strangers [Outro] You'll do fine You'll do fine You'll do fine -------- 2001 Reveal -------- -------- Beat a Drum -------- [Verse 1] The sun reflected in The back of my eye I knocked my head against the sky The dragonflies are busy buzzing me A seahorse as if we were in the sea [Verse 2] Half way from coal Half way to diamond My fall knocked a mean chip out of me I'm gathering as far as I can reach Perched up on a precipice And this is what I've seen [Chorus] This is all I want It's all I need This is all I am This is all I want It's all I need [Verse 3] A bluejay hectors from the felled Catalpa tree Doctorate in science and a theologians dream Dragonflies are trying to lecture me A seahorse as if we were in the sea [Chorus] This is all I want It's all I need This is all I am This is all I want It's all I need [Verse 4] Beat a drum for me Like a butterfly wing Tropical storm across the ocean But don't explain I'm sure I'll want to know Don't forget we're just half way from coal [Chorus] This is all I want It's all I need This is all I am This is all I want It's all I need -------- 2001 Reveal -------- -------- Chorus and the Ring -------- [Verse 1] Hey there now young wholly, swing along Quote the scriptures, keep them guessing Which pit you crawled from Just defy it, just deny it Was it fun? Your time has come What have you done? What have you done? [Chorus] That's when the insults start to sting You can't remember anything The chorus chime in, the Greek chorus The machine of God singing [Verse 2] It's the poison that in measures brings Illuminating vision It's the knowing with a wink that we expect in Southern women It's the wolf that knows which root to dig to save itself It's the octopus that crawled back to the sea [Chorus] That's when the insults start to sting You can't remember anything The chorus chime in, the Greek chorus The machine of God ring [Verse 3] Hammered, shooting plywood in the backyard Laughing cause the racket makes the blackbirds sing Write the holy terror Suck the marrow from the bones Singe your own wings burning books You got the chorus and the ring [Chorus] That's when the insults start to sting You can't remember anything The chorus chime in, the Greek chorus The machine sings That's when the insults start to sting You can't remember anything The chorus chime in, the Greek chorus The machine sings That's when the calibration brittle As a stick gets you the gold ring And the tar museum Che Guevara wink Gold ring Gold ring [Outro] Sing Sing Sing Sing -------- 2001 Reveal -------- -------- Disappear -------- I dragged my feet across the seat Jumped out the passenger side The only thing worth looking for Is what you find inside But that had not yet appeared Lost, invisible here Tel Aviv and Agadir Taroudant and Olomouc Before I learned to see The vanishing point appears I looked for you and everywhere I looked for you and everywhere There is a calm I haven't come to yet I spent half my life figuring what comes next I telescoped in, I finally win I finally win the prize That now my eyes see a comic's Perfect timing squeeze I'm head-first fighting everything The crushing force of memory Embracing all I've been The vanishing point appears I looked for you and everywhere I looked for you and everywhere Tell me why you're here I came to disappear Look at this face Can you believe it? Am I living in the beautiful vacuum? Because I can't see it The vanishing point appears I looked for you and everywhere I looked for you and everywhere Tell me why you're here I came to disappear Tell me why you're here I came to disappear I came to disappear -------- 2001 Reveal -------- -------- Imitation of Life -------- [Verse 1] Charades, pop skill Water hyacinth, named by a poet Imitation of life Like a koi in a frozen pond Like a goldfish in a bowl I don't want to hear you cry [Chorus] That's sugarcane that tasted good That's cinnamon, that's Hollywood Come on, come on, no one can see you try [Verse 2] You want the greatest thing The greatest thing since bread came sliced You've got it all, you've got it sized Like a Friday fashion show teenager Freezing in the corner Trying to look like you don't try [Chorus] That's sugarcane that tasted good That's cinnamon, that's Hollywood Come on, come on, no one can see you try [Post-Chorus] No one can see you cry [Chorus] That's sugarcane that tasted good That's freezing rain, that's what you could Come on, come on, no one can see you try [Bridge] This sugarcane, this lemonade This hurricane, I'm not afraid Come on, come on, no one can see me cry This lightning storm, this tidal wave This avalanche, I'm not afraid Come on, come on, no one can see me cry [Chorus] That's sugarcane that tasted good That's who you are, that's what you could Come on, come on, no one can see you cry That's sugarcane that tasted good That's who you are, that's what you could Come on, come on, no one can see you cry -------- 2001 Reveal -------- -------- I've Been High -------- [Verse 1] Have you seen? Have not; will travel Have I missed the big reveal? Do my eyes Do my eyes seem empty? I've forgotten how this feels [Chorus] I've been high I've climbed so high The light, sometimes it washes over me [Verse 2] Have you been? Have done; will travel I fell down on my knees Was I wrong? I don't know, don't answer I just needed to believe [Chorus] I've been high I've climbed so high The light, sometimes it washes over me [Verse 3] So I dive into a pool So cool and deep that if I sink I sink And when I swim I fly, so high What I want All I really wanted Just to live my life on high And I know I know you want the same I can see it in your eyes [Chorus] I've been high I've climbed so high The light, sometimes it washes over me [Outro] Washes over me I close my eyes So I can see Make my make believe, believe in me -------- 2001 Reveal -------- -------- I’ll Take the Rain -------- [Verse 1] The rain came down The rain came down The rain came down on me The wind blew strong The summer song Fades to memory I knew you when I loved you then The summer's young and helpless You laid me bare You marked me there The promises we made [Chorus] I used to think As birds take wing They sing through life so why can't we? You cling to this You claim the best If this is what you're offering I'll take the rain I'll take the rain [Verse 2] The nighttime creases Summer schemes And stretches out to stay The sun shines down You came around You love easy days But now the sun The winter's come I wanted just to say That if I hold I'd hope you'd fold Open up inside, inside of me [Chorus] I used to think As birds take wing They sing through life so why can't we? You cling to this You claim the best If this is what you're offering I'll take the rain I'll take the rain [Verse 3] This winter song I'll sing along I've searched its still refrain I'll walk alone I've given this, take wing Celebrate the rain [Chorus] I used to think As birds take wing They sing through life so why can't we? You cling to this You claim the best If this is what you're offering I'll take the rain I'll take the rain -------- 2001 Reveal -------- -------- Saturn Return -------- [Verse 1] Easy to poke yourself square in the eye Harder to like yourself, harder to try These are Elvis poses Postcards and neoprene Roses a dollar a stem Everyone sleeping or pulling the long haul and Keys in the cooler it's three AM [Chorus] And saturn is beckoning no-one Is off on its own Is offering up [Verse 2] Late shift convenience store, burn out the lights Telescope roof towards the north-western sky You pulled the ladder and no-ones the wiser You find your sights and discover [Chorus] Saturn is orbiting nothing Is off on its own Is breaking from home [Verse 3] Harder to like yourself, harder to try Easy to take off [Verse 4] You found the ladder in the pattern of your wrist You've seen and you've marked horizions Mother was difficult, she made you cry Cover the mirror, look to the sky You climb into your rocketship trying Lift up and hold out your hands [Chorus] Saturn is orbiting nothing Is off on its own Is breaking from home Saturn is orbiting nothing Is off on its own Is breaking from home [Verse 5] Saturn return when you chase down its moons Throw them into a new gravity Harder to look yourself square in the eye Easy to poke yourself, easy as pie Easy to take off, harder to fly Harder to wake Galileo -------- 2001 Reveal -------- -------- She Just Wants to Be -------- [Verse 1] It's not that she walked away Her world got smaller All the usual places The same destinations Only something's changed It's not that she wasn't rewarded With pomegranate afternoons And Mingus, Chet Baker and chess It's not stampede and fortune Of prim affectations She's off on her own But she knows now Is greater than the whole Of the past Is greater and now she knows [Chorus] She just wants to be somewhere She just wants to be She just wants to be somewhere She just wants to be [Verse 2] It's not that the transparency Of her earlier incarnations Now looked back on Were rich and loaded With beautiful vulnerability But now she knows [Pre-Chorus] Now is greater Now is greater And she knows that [Chorus] She just wants to be somewhere She just wants to be She just wants to be somewhere She just wants to be [Pre-Chorus] Now is greater And she knows that [Chorus] She just wants to be somewhere She just wants to be She just wants to be somewhere She just wants to be She just wants to be somewhere She just wants to be She just wants to be somewhere She just wants to be [Verse 3] It's not like if angels Could truly look down Stir up the trappings A light on the ground Remind us of what, when, why or who The how's up to us Me and you And now is greater than the whole Of the past Is greater and now she knows that [Outro] Now she knows -------- 2001 Reveal -------- -------- Summer Turns to High -------- [Verse 1] Mercury is rising still Turn the fan on high I won't step on my own shadow No-one wants to cry Someone put a pox on me I spit in their eyes [Chorus] Summer turns to high [Verse 2] Lift my bed sheet keep in sandles Circle search and there are candles Summer's here but night is raising hopes and dragonflies If those hopes are overshadowed by cotton-candy, caramel-wafer [Chorus] Summer turns to high Summer turns to high Summer turns to high Summer turns to high [Verse 3] After wine and nectarines the fireflies in turn Move like syrup through the evening with the sweet reign I won't fight for can't happen I'm preoccupied [Chorus] Summer turns to high Summer turns to high Summer turns to high Summer turns to high -------- 2001 Reveal -------- -------- The Lifting -------- [Verse 1] Grounded 5 a.m The night lite is comforting But gravity is holding you Once settled into sleep You have watched on repeat The story of your life Across the ceiling And in review [Chorus] You've said the air was singing It's calling you you don't believe These things you've never seen [Verse 2] "good morning, how are you? The weather's fine, the sky is blue It's perfect for our seminar Now close your eyes And start to breathe Allow the noise to recede Allow yourself to drift and fly away But you just stay [Chorus] You've said the air was singing It's calling you you don't believe These things you've never seen [Verse 3] Did you hear these voices calling Locked into a conference room "we're only what our minds assume And rationale is leaving you This conceit these systems of belief Your counselor agrees "you've always mark these boundaries now you're free And with relief [Chorus] You've said the air was singing It's calling you you don't believe These things you've never seen You've said the air was singing It's calling you you don't believe These things you've never seen [Bridge] Never, never, never, never Never, never, never, never Never, never, never, never Never, never, never, never Never, never, never [Outro] Once you had a dream Of oceans, and sunken cities Memories of things you've never known -------- 2004 Around the Sun -------- -------- Aftermath -------- [Verse 1] Now the radio stutters. snaps to life Some sour song that sets it right And when London falls He'd like to call But the stars collide They're beautiful and much maligned In a universe where you see the worst And it's up to you to fix it [Chorus] Now you've worked it out And you see it all And you've worked it out And you see it all And you want to shout How you see it all [Verse 2] It's easy to dismiss the "what's it all about" crowd There is no doubt, it's this, here, now And you close your eyes He's not coming back So you work it out, overfeed the cat And the plants are dry and they need to drink So you do your best. and you flood the sink Sit down in the kitchen and cry [Chorus] Now you've worked it out And you see it all And you've worked it out And you see it all And you want to shout How you see it all [Verse 3] Now the universe left you for a runners lap It feels like home when it comes crashing back And it makes you laugh And it makes you cry When London falls And you're still alive The radio stutters It makes you laugh And the aftermath Open up your eyes You're so alive [Chorus] Now you've worked it out And you see it all And you've worked it out And you see it all And you want to shout How you see it all -------- 2004 Around the Sun -------- -------- Around the Sun -------- [Verse 1] I want the sun to shine on me I want the truth to set me free I wish the followers would lead With a voice so strong it could knock me to my knees [Chorus] Hold on world cause you don't know what's coming Hold on world cause I'm not jumping off Hold onto this boy a little longer Take another trip around the sun [Verse 2] If I jumped into the ocean to believe If I climbed a mountain would I have to reach? Do I even dare to speak? To dream? Believe? Give me a voice so strong I can question what I have seen [Chorus] Hold on world cause you don't know what's coming Hold on world cause I'm not jumping off Hold onto this boy a little longer Take another trip around the sun [Outro] Around the sun Around the sun Around the sun Let my dreams set me free Believe, believe Now now now now now now -------- 2004 Around the Sun -------- -------- Electron Blue -------- [Verse 1] You're on your ear, the ocean's near The light has started to fade Your high is timed, you found the climb It's hard to focus on more than what's in front of you Electron Blue Adventure rings with a page and When it dawns on you It singes blue Your buzz beginning to wane [Chorus] Adventure has laid its claim on you It's all you want to do You You know where to run You run Electron Blue [Verse 2] And who am I? I'm just a guy I've got a story like everyone But in your eyes You looked surprised And didn't know where to run I looked to her She's found the cure Her future's already begun [Chorus] Tomorrow's gaining speed on you It's all you want to do You You know where to run You run Electron Blue You You know where to run You run electron blue [Verse 3] So bide your time You'll feel the climb Your high it builds like a lightning storm It sings like pearls You know that girl And no one is any the wiser So as if on cue Electron Blue [Chorus] Tomorrow's gaining speed on you It's all you want to do You You know where to run You run Electron Blue You You know where to run You run electron blue You You know where to run You run electron blue -------- 2004 Around the Sun -------- -------- Final Straw -------- [Verse] As I raise my head to broadcast my objection As your latest triumph draws the final straw Who died and lifted you up to perfection? And what silenced me is written into law [Chorus] I can't believe where circumstance has thrown me And I turn my head away If I look I'm not sure that I could face you Not again. not today. not today [Verse] If hatred makes a play on me tomorrow And forgiveness takes a back seat to revenge There's a hurt down deep that has not been corrected There's a voice in me that says you will not win [Chorus] And if I ignore the voice inside Raise a half glass to my home But it's there that I am most afraid And forgetting doesn't hold. it doesn't hold [Bridge] Now I don't believe and I never did That two wrongs make a right If the world were filled with the likes of you Then I'm putting up a fight. I'm putting up a fight Putting up a fight. make it right. make it right [Verse] Now love cannot be called into question Forgiveness is the only hope I hold And love- love will be my strongest weapon I do believe that I am not alone [Chorus] For this fear will not destroy me And the tears that have been shed It's knowing now where I am weakest And the voice in my head. in my head Then I raise my voice up higher And I look you in the eye And I offer love with one condition [Outro] With conviction, tell me why Tell me why Tell me why Look me in the eye Tell me why -------- 2004 Around the Sun -------- -------- High Speed Train -------- [Verse 1] When I look into your eyes Your drop like an anchor eyes I scudded and clipped the sky Just shy of making it And you almost got away I told you I was afraid Did I really want to try You're holding me to my claim [Chorus] I jump on a high speed train I'll never look back again I flail like the antelope Who jumped from the building [Verse 2] And you caught me on the sly You've taken me by surprise You've mirrored my best disguise and Turned it back on me [Chorus] I jump on a high speed train I'll never look back again I flail like the antelope Who jumped from the building [Chorus] I jump on a high speed train I'll never look back again I flail like the antelope Who jumped from the building [Verse 3] I'll bring you a big bouquet I picked it myself today It compliments your eyes There's love at the end of the line [Chorus] I jump on a high speed train I'll never look back again I flail like the antelope Who jumped from the building [Chorus] I jump on a high speed train I'll never look back again I flail like the antelope Who jumped from the building [Bridge] And that's what I always knew I'd like to have hung the moon I'd wrestle you for a spoon inside your sleeping bag Just us [Outro] No war, no hate, no past It's real I'm here, I'm yours, I'm fast I'm long in the eye I'm cry when I try I just want to fly Just you and I, together -------- 2004 Around the Sun -------- -------- I Wanted To Be Wrong -------- [Verse 1] You know where I come from You know what I feel You're Yul Brenner Westworld Reporting from the field I threw it into reverse Made a motion to repeal You kicked my legs from under me And tried to take the wheel [Chorus] I told you I wanted to be wrong But everyone is humming a song That I don't understand [Verse 2] Now I know that the sun has shined on my side of the street The basket of America, the weevils and the wheat The milk and honeyed congregation, scrubbed and apple-cheeked Salute Apollo 13 from the rattle jewelry seats Mythology's seductive and it turned a trick on me That I have just begun to understand [Chorus] I told you I wanted to be wrong But everyone is humming a song That I don't understand [Verse 3] The rodeo is staged, gold circle goat-ropers and clowns A rumble in the third act, tie 'em up and burn 'em down We're armed to the teeth, born a little breech Blue-plate special analysts, cells and SUV's We can't approach the Allies cause they seem a little peeved And speak a language we don't understand [Chorus] I told you I wanted to be wrong But everyone is humming a song That I don't understand [Outro] Storm into the boardroom of the conquering elite Did you recognize the madman who is shouting in the streets? Destroy the things that I don't understand Destroy the things that I don't understand -------- 2004 Around the Sun -------- -------- Leaving New York -------- [Verse 1] It's quiet now And what it brings Is everything Comes calling back A brilliant night I'm still awake I looked ahead I'm sure I saw you there You don't need me To tell you now That nothing can compare [Chorus] You might have laughed if I told you You might have hidden a frown You might have succeeded in changing me I might have been turned around It's easier to leave than to be left behind Leaving was never my proud Leaving New York, never easy I saw the light fading out [Verse 2] Now life is sweet And what it brings I tried to take But loneliness It wears me out It lies in wait And all I've lost Still in my eyes The shadow of necklace Across your thigh I might've lived my life in a dream, but I swear This is real Memory fuses and shatters like glass Mercurial future, forget the past It's you, it's what I feel [Chorus] You might have laughed if I told you You might have hidden a frown You might have succeeded in changing me I might have been turned around It's easier to leave than to be left behind Leaving was never my proud Leaving New York, never easy I saw the light fading out [Bridge] You find it in your heart It's pulling me apart You find it in your heart Change I told you forever (Find it in your heart) I love you forever (It's pulling me apart) I told you I love you (Find it in your heart) I love you forever (Change) I told you forever (Find it in your heart) I love you forever (It's pulling me apart) I told you I love you (Find it in your heart) I love you forever (Change) [Chorus] (You never, you never told me forever) You might have laughed if I told you (It's pulling me apart) You might have hidden your frown (Change) You might have succeeded in changing me (It's pulling me apart) I might have been turned around (Change) It's easier to leave than to be left behind (It's pulling me apart) Leaving was never my proud (Change) Leaving New York, never easy (It's pulling me apart) I saw the light fading out (Change) Leaving New York, never easy (It's pulling me apart) I saw the light fading out (Change) Leaving New York, never easy (It's pulling me apart) I saw the light fading out (Change) -------- 2004 Around the Sun -------- -------- Make It All Okay -------- You threw away the ballast and you rowed your boat ashore Didn't you, now? Didn't you? You made your ultimatum, too big to ignore Didn't you, now? Didn't you? So you worked out your excuses Turned away and shut the door The world's too vast for us now And you wanted to explore It's a long... long, long road And I don't know which way to go If you offered me your hand again I'd have to walk away When I saw you at the street fair, you called out my name Didn't you, now? Didn't you? You said we could start over, try and make it all okay Didn't you, now? Didn't you? So our past has been rewritten And you threw away the pen You said that I was useless But now you'll take me in again Well, Jesus loves me fine And your words fall flat this time Was it my imagination, or did I hear you say "We don't have a prayer between us." Didn't you believe that I have finally turned away? Didn't you, now? Didn't you? Anything to hold onto to help me through my day Didn't you, now? Didn't you? But Jesus loves me fine But His words fall flat this time It's a long... long, long road And I don't know which way to go If you offered me your world, did you think I'd really stay? If you offered me the heavens, I would have to turn away Was it my imagination, or did I hear you say "We don't have a prayer between us." Didn't you, now? Didn't you, now? Didn't you? -------- 2004 Around the Sun -------- -------- The Ascent Of Man -------- [Verse 1] So hesitation pulled me back I'm stronger when I don't attract In your eyes I'm a lamb without a rack And I am getting confused I'm a cactus trying to be a canoe As you pan for ore in the desert, floored I say to you [Pre-Chorus] That I could never imagine a place so beautiful I could never steal your gold away [Chorus] Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (I try to walk like a big wham bam I came across like a battering ram I try to float like a telegram sam I'm trying to divine you) [Verse 2] My book is called "The Ascent Of Man" I marked your chapter with a catamaran The accent's off But I am what I am [Chorus] Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (I try to walk like a big wham bam I came across like a battering ram I try to float like a telegram sam I'm trying to divine you) [Verse 3] I looked for you, it's my last grandstand A motorscootered goat legged pan Figure eighting in quicksand [Chorus] Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (I try to walk like a big wham bam I came across like a battering ram I try to float like a telegram sam I'm trying to divine you) [Outro] So hesitation pulled me back I'm stronger when I don't attract And with my hands tied I won't crack -------- 2004 Around the Sun -------- -------- The Boy In The Well -------- [Verse 1] Look at this, it's me, walking away Look at you drowning, on display Every time I've dropped by, I've tried to say The water is rising You don't want to stay [Pre-Chorus] It's that sinking feeling, you know what it's bringing on You might as well say it I see it, I feel it This town is going wrong It's turning away [Chorus] You wanted me to be someone that I could never be My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed It's beautiful I'd like for them to take me on [Verse 2] The track mall gang went off On the Tennessee goth A lunar moth You chrysalis and flail The water is rising, you try to rappel A rousing cheer for the boy in the well [Pre-Chorus] It's that sinking feeling, you know what it's bringing on You might as well say it I see it, I feel it This town is going wrong It's turning away [Chorus] You wanted me to be someone that I could never be My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed It's beautiful I'd like for them to take me on [Verse 3] Here is where I look back Here is where you fell This is where I got up Shaking off my tail This is where your rope trick Started to look stale A Greyhound Pass for the boy in the well [Pre-Chorus] It's that sinking feeling, you know what it's bringing on You might as well say it I see it, I feel it This town is going wrong It's turning away [Chorus] You wanted me to be someone that I could never be My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed It's beautiful I'd like for them to take me on [Chorus] You wanted me to be someone that I could never be My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed It's beautiful I'd like for them to take me on -------- 2004 Around the Sun -------- -------- The Outsiders (Ft. Q-Tip) -------- [Verse 1] You took me to the restaurant where we first met You knocked a future shock crowbar upside my head I got caught with the stop of the tick-tock, tick-tock clock When you told me what you knew [Chorus] Lost in the moment The day that the music stopped And I do remember you Drawing patterns with a cork on the tablecloth Promising volcanic change of plot Where will this lead us, I'm scared of the storm The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born [Verse 2] I tried to tell you I am not afraid You looked up and saw it all across my face So am I with you or am I against? I don't think it's that easy, we're lost in regret Now I'm trying to remember The feeling when the music stopped When you told me what you knew [Chorus] Lost in the moment The day that the music stopped And I do remember you Drawing patterns with a cork on the tablecloth Promising volcanic change of plot Where does this leave us, I'm scared of the storm The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born Drawing patterns with a cork on the tablecloth Promising volcanic change of though Where does this leave us, I'm scared of the storm The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born The outsiders are gathering [Verse 3: Q-Tip] A man walks away when every muscle says to stay How many yesterdays? They each weigh heavy Who says what changes may come? Who says what we call home? I know you see right through me, my luminescence fades The dusk provides an antidote, I am not afraid I've been a million times in my mind This is really just a technicality, frailty, reality Uh, it's time to breathe, time to believe Let it go and run towards the sea They don't teach that, they don't know what you mean They don't understand, they don't know what you mean They don't get it, I wanna scream I wanna breathe again, I wanna dream I wanna float a quote from Martin Luther King [Outro] I am not afraid I am not afraid I am not afraid I am not afraid I am not afraid I am not afraid I am not afraid -------- 2004 Around the Sun -------- -------- The Worst Joke Ever -------- [Verse 1] You see there's this cat burglar who can't see in the dark He lays his bets on 8 more lives, walks into a bar Slips on the 8 ball, falls on his knife Says, "I don't know what I've done, but it doesn't feel right! Some things don't hold up over the course of a lifetime When's the first time you heard that one, 1954? Get to the punch line, fall to the floor [Chorus] Give me a minute and I'll tell you the setup for The worst joke ever, I never I'll tell you my version of the greatest life story Don't bore me [Verse 2] Now I am floating I feel released The moorings have been dropped The weights unleashed Everything is crystalline, simple and free The crime of good men who can't wrestle with change Or are too afraid to face this life's misjudged unknowns You're not hurting anybody else's chances But you're disfiguring your own [Chorus] Give me a minute and I'll tell you the setup for The worst joke ever, I never I'll tell you my version of the greatest life story Don't bore me [Outro] You see there's this feeling that I've heard this one before -------- 2004 Around the Sun -------- -------- Wanderlust -------- [Verse 1] Looks like I pulled a fast one Looks like I went to town Looks like the world revolves around me Looks like it's falling down I thought I'd kicked the traces I thought the wheels would spin I thought I'd jumped the fence and bolted Looks like I'm back again [Chorus] I got my signals crossed It's overwhelming because I'm all alone and I can't get back Get back with my wanderlust [Verse 2] I had to grab a suitcase I had to change my clothes I had to run the shower hot Until the water froze I brushed against confusion I wanted time to grow I want the sticks and stones not to throw me Get back to what I know [Chorus] I got my signals crossed It's overwhelming because I'm all alone and I can't get back Get back with my wanderlust [Verse 3] I'm searching for a greatness I smear it on my face I want to bathe in grape must Swim the length of the milky way I want it to be brilliant I want it to be sweet I want to kiss the astronauts When they salute to me me me me [Chorus] I got my signals crossed It's overwhelming because I'm all alone and I can't get back Get back with my wanderlust I got my signals crossed It's overwhelming because I'm all alone and I can't get back Get back with my wanderlust -------- 2008 Accelerate -------- -------- Accelerate -------- [Verse 1] Sinking fast, the weight chained to my feet No time to argue with belief I'm not alone, a thousand others dropping Faster than me What put me here? Nothing to hold on to Nowhere to brake [Chorus] Where is the ripcord, the trapdoor, the key? Where is the cartoon escape-hatch for me? No time to question the choices I make I've got to fall in another direction [Verse 2] The last thing I remember was climbing up the stairs I threw the window open in challenge and despair I don't know what I needed I needed time I needed to escape I saw the future turn Upside-down and hesitate [Chorus] Where is the ripcord, the trapdoor, the key? Where is the cartoon escape-hatch for me? No time to question the choices I make I've got to fall in another direction [Verse 3] The vista I see now is changing Uncertainty is suffocating Our hope has never felt so great and Lit up down A pounding pulse To make it go Make it slow down Go [Chorus] Where is the ripcord, the trapdoor, the key? Where is the cartoon escape-hatch for me? No time to question the choices I make I've got to fall in another direction [Outro] The city's burning, it's like it's ready to explode Accelerate to make it slow Make it go Accelerate to make it slow Make it go I'm incomplete I'm incomplete I'm incomplete -------- 2008 Accelerate -------- -------- Hollow Man -------- [Verse 1] I've been lost inside my head Echoes fall off me I took the prize last night for complicatedness For saying things I didn't mean and don't believe [Chorus] Believe in me, believe in nothing Corner me and make me something I've become the hollow man Have I become the hollow man I see? [Interlude] Mmmmmm, I see This echoing [Verse 2] You have placed your trust in me I went upside-down I emptied out the room in thirty seconds flat I can't believe you held your ground [Chorus] Believe in me, believe in nothing Corner me and make me something I've become the hollow man Have I become the hollow man I see? [Bridge] I'm overwhelmed, I'm on repeat I'm emptied out, I'm incomplete You trusted me, I want to show you I don't want to be the hollow man [Chorus] Believe in me, believe in nothing Corner me and make me something I've become the hollow man Have I become the hollow man I see? -------- 2008 Accelerate -------- -------- Horse to Water -------- [Verse 1] I could have kept my head down I might have kept my mouth shut I should have held my own You lead a horse to water and you watch him drown [Verse 2] You're only as big as your battles Rattle my cage with your shadow I'm a bantamweight with a mouth full of feathers Don't you know that what comes around goes around? [Chorus] I'm not that easy I am not your horse to water I hold my breath, I come around, round, round [Verse 3] Don't darken my doorstep again You're mixing up living in chin-chin You're mixing up lose with win-win You lead a horse to water and you watch him drown [Verse 4] You stumble on glass top table TV's chewing shotgun cable Pump me up a beanstalk fable And I'll call this entertainment Cause Humpty's falling down [Chorus] I'm not that easy I am not your horse to water I hold my breath, I come around, round, round [Verse 5] Pick a fight an ultra-buzzy bubble Friday night fucking fried-up pub crawl Bantamweight with a mouth full of feathers Don't you know that what comes around goes around? [Chorus] I'm not that easy I am not your horse to water I hold my breath, I come around, round, round It's not that easy I am not your horse to water I hold my breath, I come around, round, round [Outro] It's going down, down, down This runaround, round, round Is bound to pound The daylights out of you! -------- 2008 Accelerate -------- -------- Houston -------- [Verse] If the storm doesn't kill me the government will I've got to get that out of my head It's a new day today and the coffee is strong I've finally got some rest So a man's put to task and challenges I was taught to hold my head high Collect what is mine Make the best of what today has [Chorus] Houston is filled with promise Laredo is a beautiful place Galveston sings like that song that I loved Its meaning has not been erased [Bridge] And so there are claims forgiven And so there are things that are gone [Chorus] Houston is filled with promise Laredo is a beautiful place Galveston sings like that song that I loved Its meaning has not been erased [Outro] And some things, they fall to the wayside Their memory is yet to be still Belief has not filled me And so I am put to the test -------- 2008 Accelerate -------- -------- I'm Gonna DJ -------- If death is pretty final I'm collecting vinyl I'm gonna DJ at the end of the world! 'Cause if heaven does exist With a kickin' playlist I don't wanna miss it at the end of the world! Hey, steady steady Hey, steady steady I don't wanna go until I'm good and ready It's on my mind It's in my mind It's what I've found It's what I find It's on my mind It's in my mind It's what I've found Oh, my my my "But I'll spin my way right through it" Claims enthusiast Jack Pruitt As the moths circle the moon As you're circling the room The music could provide the light You cannot resist You cannot resist You cannot resist And the weblogs that get tangled As you willie and you wangle In your walk-up in Seattle Where you fought the nascent battle And you threw the thread and throttle Let us raise another bottle Raise another bottle Raise another bottle Because Death is pretty final I'm collecting vinyl I'm gonna DJ at the end of the world! Hey, steady steady Hey, steady steady I don't wanna go until I'm good and ready It's on my mind It's in my mind It's what I've found It's what I find It's on my mind It's in my mind It's what I've found Oh, my my my Hey, steady steady Hey, steady steady I don't wanna go until I'm good and ready Hey, steady steady Hey, steady steady I don't wanna go until I'm good and ready The music could provide the light You cannot resist You cannot resist You cannot resist Yeah -------- 2008 Accelerate -------- -------- Living Well is the Best Revenge -------- [Verse 1] It's only when your poison spins into the life you'd hoped to live That suddenly you wake up in a shaking panic Now You set me up like a lamb to slaughter Garbo as a farmer's daughter Unbelievable, the gospel according to who? I lay right down [Chorus] All your sad and lost apostles hum my name and flare their nostrils Choking on the bones you toss to them Well i'm not one to sit and spin Cause living well's the best revenge Baby, I am calling you on that [Verse 2] Don't turn your talking points on me, history will set me free The future's ours and you don't even rate a footnote now! So who's chasing you? Where did you go? You disappeared mid-sentence In a judgement crisis i see my anecdote for it You weakened shell [Chorus] All your sad and lost apostles hum my name and flare their nostrils Choking on the bones you toss to them Well i'm not one to sit and spin Cause living well's the best revenge Baby, I am calling you on that [Bridge] You savour your dying breath Well, i forgive but i don't forget You work it out, let's hear that argument again Camera three... Go now! [Chorus] All your sad and lost apostles hum my name and flare their nostrils Choking on the bones you toss to them Well i'm not one to sit and spin Cause living well's the best revenge Baby, I am calling you on that [Outro] Baby, I am calling you on that Baby, I am calling you out -------- 2008 Accelerate -------- -------- Man-Sized Wreath -------- [Verse 1] Turn on the TV and what do I see? A pageantry of empty gestures all lined up for me - wow! I'd have thought by now we would be ready to proceed But a tearful hymn to tug the heart And a man-sized wreath - ow! [Chorus 1] Throw it on the fire Throw it in the air Kick it out on the dance-floor like you just don't care, oh Give me some [Verse 2] Wave the palms, steal the alms, fists in the air A motorcade up Ninth Street shows the people that you care - ow! Nature abhors a vacuum but what's between your ears? Your judgement clouded with fearful thoughts A headlights and a deer - ow! [Chorus 2] Throw it on the fire Throw it in the air Kick it out on the dance-floor like you just don't care Look what I've found Everybody look around Everybody looking like they just don't care, oh Give me some [Verse 3] Well I'm not deceived by pomp and odious conceit But a tearful hymn to tug the heart And a man-sized wreath-ow! [Chorus 3] Throw it on the fire Throw it in the air Kick it out on the dance-floor like you just don't care Look what I've found Everybody look around Everybody looking like they just don't care Throw it on the fire Throw it in the air Kick it out on the dance-floor like you just don't care, oh Give me some Give me some Give me some -------- 2008 Accelerate -------- -------- Mr. Richards -------- [Verse 1] Mr. Richards, your position Is a messenger pigeon Left behind you when the camp moved on We thought that you would listen But the words had never crystallized Into a truth that you might own, hey hey [Chorus] Mr. Richards, your decision Pay attention, pay attention [Verse 2] Mr. Richards, you're forgiven For a narrow lack of vision But the fires are still raging on The public's got opinions And these consequences border on The compound that you razed Where zealots sang, hey hey [Chorus] Mr. Richards, your decision Pay attention, pay attention [Verse 3] So listen, your intention; Sign the papers, stamp the ribbon You're mistaken if you think we'll just forget You can thump your chest and rattle Stand in front of your piano But we know what's going on Yes we know what's going on We're the children of the choir, hey And we know what's going on Mr. Richards, your conviction Had us cheering in the kitchen Now the jury's eating pigeon pie So tell me how is prison? Have they taught you how to listen? We've begun to bridge the schism Pay attention, pay attention [Chorus] Mr. Richards, your decision Pay attention, pay attention [Outro] You can thump your chest and rattle Stand in front of your piano But we know what's going on Yes we know what's going on We're the children of the choir, hey From the compound fire, hey And we know what's going on Yes we know what's going on -------- 2008 Accelerate -------- -------- Sing For The Submarine -------- [Verse 1] It feels in dreams That everything is there for you The city breathes and pulses It's fuel electron blue I knew that you could see right through it So this is where you give in to the machine Lift up your voice feel gravity's pull Drown out the siren's ring Oh... [Chorus] It's all here where I keep it It's all in the submarine It's all a lot less frightening Than you would have had it be But that's the good news my darling It is what it's going to be So sing, sing for the submarine [Verse 2] I tried to explain how it all begins How its all destroyed and built again I knew that you could not believe me But now you're here and it's different How the light shines in your eyes In every second or situ Expended I realized That the world as we know it The high speed train We'll pick it all up and start again [Chorus] It's all here where I keep it It's all in the submarine It's all a lot less frightening Than you would have had it be But that's the good news my darling It is what it's going to be So sing, sing for the submarine [Verse 3] The city did not collapse in a shudder The rain it never came At least my confessions made you laugh I know it's a little crazed But these dreams... They seem so real to me [Chorus] It's all here where I keep it It's all in the submarine It's all a lot less frightening Than you would have had it be But that's the good news my darling It is what it's going to be So sing, sing for the submarine [Outro] So this is where you trust me And this where it begins It's all a lot less frightening Your tear you let it in Tyrel and his mechanical owl A moth disguised as a leaf... Don't tell me what tomorrow brings Climb into the hidden machine and Sing sing sing sing sing sing Sing sing for the submarine -------- 2008 Accelerate -------- -------- Supernatural Superserious -------- [Verse 1] Everybody here Comes from somewhere That they would just soon forget And disguise At the summer camp where you volunteered No one saw your face No one saw your fear If that apparition had just appeared Took you up and away From this base and sheer Humiliation Of your teenage station Nobody cares No one remembers And nobody cares [Chorus] How you cried and you cried He's alive he's alive How you cried and cried and you Cried and you cried [Verse 2] If you call out "safe" Then I'll stop right away If the premise buckles And the ropes start to chafe The details smart But the story's the same You don't have to explain You don't have to explain Humiliation Of your teenage station [Chorus] Yeah you cried and you cried He's alive he's alive How you cried and you cried and you Cried and you Realized your fantasies Are dressed up in travesties Enjoy yourself with no regrets [Verse 3] Everybody here Comes from somewhere That they would just as soon forget And disguise [Chorus] Yeah you cried and you cried He's alive he's alive Yeah you cried and you cried and you Cried and you cried [Verse 4] Now there's nothing Dark and there's nothing weird Don't be afraid I will hold you near From the seance where you first betrayed An open heart on a darkened stage A celebration Of your teenage station [Outro] It's an experience sweet, delirious Supernatural, super serious An experience sweet, delirious Supernatural, super serious Wow -------- 2008 Accelerate -------- -------- Until The Day Is Done -------- [Verse 1] The battle's been lost, the war is not won An addled republic, a bitter refund The business first flat earthers licking their wounds The verdict is dire, the country's in ruins [Chorus] Providence blinked, facing the sun Where are we left to carry on Until the day is done Until the day is done [Verse 2] As we've written our stories to entertain These notions of glory and bull market gain The teleprompter flutters, the power surge brings An easy speed message falls into routine [Chorus] Providence blinked, facing the sun Where are we left to carry on Until the day is done Until the day is done [Verse 3] A voice whispers son The blessed vision comes What have I done What have I done So hold tight your babies and your guns Forgive us our trespasses, father and son [Chorus] Providence blinked, facing the sun Where are we left to carry on Until the day is done Until the day is done Until the day is done Until the day is done Until the day is done Until the day is done -------- 2011 Collapse Into Now -------- -------- All the Best -------- [Verse 1] So over me So pie in my face So talk to me Tell me where to place this In my Quasimodo heart That's where I slipped and fell I rang the church bell 'til my ears bled Red blood cells [Chorus] I think I'll sing and rhyme I'll give it one more time I'll show the kids how to do it Fine, fine fine [Verse 2] I hold the mirror up You tell me what is what You tell me which part of my story, baby, stuck stuck stuck I'm in a part of your dreams That you don't even understand It's just like me to overstay my welcome, man [Chorus] Let's sing and rhyme Let's give it one more time Let's show the kids how to do it Fine fine, fine Fine [Verse 3] I just had to get that off my chest Now it's time to get on with the rest All the best, all the best All the best, all the best, best, best It's just like me to overstay My welcome, bless [Chorus] Let's sing and rhyme Let's give it one more time Let's show the kids how to do it Fine fine, fine Let's sing and rhyme Let's give it one more time Let's show the kids how to do it Fine fine, fine Fine -------- 2011 Collapse Into Now -------- -------- Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter -------- I feel like an alligator Climbing up the escalator Climbing up the escalator, I feel strong I feel like an aviator, pilot [bet you wouldn't buy it] I'm feeling violent [betcha beady eye in] Turn up and fly it, beat HEY, HEY, ALLIGATOR YOU HAVE GOT A LOT TO LEARN I HAVE GOT, HAVE GOT A LOT TO LEARN I FEEL LIKE AN AUTOPILOT I'm heroic STRONG AND SILENT I FEEL LIKE A RAGE COMING UNDER MY HOOD I FEEL GOOD AND CALM LIKE A ROBOT WOULD I feel like an autopilot I feel like an autopilot I am not a hater hater hater hater hater HEY, HEY, ALLIGATOR YOU HAVE GOT A LOT TO LEARN I HAVE GOT, HAVE GOT A LOT TO LEARN [I feel like a contradiction I'm a walking science fiction I don't know which way to turn I have got a lot to burn! I got a lot a lot to burn!] IF I DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY YOU STARED AT ME IF I DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY YOU STARED AT ME! I COULD KNOCK YOU SIDEWAYS I could knock you blind I could show your found to the lost and find I am not an agitator I feel like an alligator Climbing up the escalator HEY, HEY, ALLIGATOR YOU HAVE GOT A LOT TO LEARN I HAVE GOT, HAVE GOT A LOT TO LEARN [you've got so much to learn. you've got a lot to learn] -------- 2011 Collapse Into Now -------- -------- Blue (Ft. Patti Smith) -------- Yellow circus left the stakes of broken ropes, useless mud The ties that bind, ha ha I can be bad poet Street poet, shit poet Kind poet too Subway, almost 4AM Halloween night Had enough to drink to make my own party All my fellow riders in half costume, half asleep Half silly, gone to seed I don't mark my time with dates, holidays, fate, wisdom, luck, karma, or whatever's Convenient. I am made by my times I am a creation of now Shaken with the cracks and crevices I'm not giving up easy I will not fold I don't have much But what I have is gold (I saw your face) I sing in platinum, I dress in brass (Good, lifting snow) I eat a zinc. Let it pass Compare a toast. I like that I understand courage (Ever lifting smoke) I still roll with the shout of a cab driver's attitude today I try to see outside myself I understand the eyes Excuse all the highs Sorry, I am sorry. Ha ha (Boy of the moon) I like you, love you, every coast of you (I'm not your face) I've seen your eddies and tides and hurricanes and cyclones Low ebb tide and high, full moon Up close and distant, I read you Like the sky, the sea, the ocean, the sun, the moon Blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue Naked and blue (Naked and blue) Breathing with you. Touch. Change. Shift. Allow air. Window open. Drift. Drift away. Into now (Revenge you) I want Whitman proud. Patti Lee proud. My brothers proud My sisters proud. I want me. I want it all. I want sensational. Irresistible This is my time and I am thrilled to be alive Living. Blessed. I understand Twentieth century, collapse, into now Cinderella boy, you've lost your shoe Cinderella boy, your coach awaits A sun makes shadows all over your face As you sit naked and blue into me -------- 2011 Collapse Into Now -------- -------- Discoverer -------- [Verse 1] Hey baby This is not a challenge It just means that I love you As much as I always said I did I was wrong I have been laughable wrong Sandpaper, paper mâché, chalk And hung out wet Oh the city and your skin now Na-na na-na, na-na I didn't have to be afraid I didn't have to feel so stupid I can see myself I can feel [Pre-Chorus] That just the slightest bit of finesse Might have made a little less mess But it was what it was Let's all get on with it now [Chorus] Discoverer! Discoverer! Discoverer! Discoverer! Laughing! Discoverer! [Verse 2] Floating across Houston This is where I am I see the city rise up tall The opportunities And possibilities I have never felt so called Remember that vodka espresso night of discovery Remember that? Laughing Discovery Oh how I look back and reflect How I felt it How it set I don't have to feel so wrong Now I wake up dreaming saffron, turmeric, and brass [Pre-Chorus] That just the slightest bit of finesse Might have made a little less mess But it was what it was Let's all get on with it now [Pre-Chorus] That just the slightest bit of finesse Might have made a little less mess But it was what it was Let's all get on with it now [Chorus] Discoverer! Discoverer! Discoverer! Discoverer! Discoverer! -------- 2011 Collapse Into Now -------- -------- Every Day Is Yours To Win -------- With the walk and the talk And the tick tock clock With the rock and the roll And the bridge and the toll With the brilliance and the light And the stink and the fight And the road ahead of you I cannot tell a lie It's not all cherry pie But it's all there waiting for you, yeah you Hey yeah, hey yeah Hey yeah, I know With the warp and the wooze And the subterfuge Does it all look bitter and blue? Well i'm nothing but confused With nothing left to lose And if you buy that, i've got a bridge, for you Hey yeah, hey yeah Hey yeah, I know Hey yeah, hey yeah Hey yeah, I know Every day is new again Every day is yours to win And that's how heroes are made I wanted to win So I said it again; That's how heroes are made Hey yeah, hey yeah Hey yeah, I know Hey yeah, hey yeah Hey yeah, I know -------- 2011 Collapse Into Now -------- -------- It Happened Today (Ft. Eddie Vedder) -------- [Verse 1] This is not a parable This is a terrible This is a terrible thing Yes I will rhyme that after After all I've done today I have earned my wings [Chorus] It happened today, hooray hooray It happened, hip hip hooray [Verse 2] We'll leave the allegory To another Bible story Out of deference, defiance and choice And close in on a promise after After all I've done today I have earned my voice [Chorus] It happened today, hooray hooray It happened, hip hip hooray -------- 2011 Collapse Into Now -------- -------- Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando And I -------- We live and dream about the future Please ask Neil I need to pow-wow, now Sift through the annals of our flavored times Our heroes and all their fatal flaws Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I, sing Lay me down down down down Lay me down down down down down Help me off to sleep Take me deep again We live and dream about our heroes I listened closely, and I said "I'm not sure where to place myself here, friend I might pawn the gold rings instead." The winners write the rule books The histories and lullabies Lay me down down down down Lay me down down down down down Help me off to sleep (down, down, down) Take me deep again (down, down, down) I heard what you said (down, down, down) I picture brass rings in your head (take me down, down, down) While golden and bronze are... bon bons (down, down, down) Brass is mixed with lead -------- 2011 Collapse Into Now -------- -------- Mine Smell Like Honey -------- I would dare you but I know I don't need to You're going to do just what you want to You're going to take the leading chair at the fairground You're going to sing the praises of your fruit Mine smell like honey uhh Mine smell like honey uhh Mine smell like huh huh huh huh Honey uhh Dig a hole, dig it deeper, deeper Climb a mountain, climb it steeper, steeper Dig a hole! Dig it deeper, deeper Track a trail of honey through it all If the end comes faster than we had expected And predictions lead us to the final fall If the flowers crack the grain, the weave, the patterns of the pavement I can hear you shouting over it all Mine smell like honey uhh Mine smell like honey uhh Mine smell like huh huh huh huh huh huh huh Honey uhh Dig a hole, dig it deeper, deeper Climb a mountain, climb it steeper, steeper Dig a hole! Dig it deeper, deeper Track a trail of honey through it all Dig a hole, dig it deeper, deeper Climb a mountain, climb it steeper, steeper Dig a hole! Dig it deeper, deeper Track a trail of honey through it all You track a trail of honey through it all You track a trail of honey -------- 2011 Collapse Into Now -------- -------- Oh My Heart -------- [Verse 1] The kids have a new take A new take on faith Pick up the pieces Get carried away I came home to a city half erased I came home to face what we faced This place needs me here to start This place is the beat of my heart [Chorus] Oh my heart (oh my heart) Oh my heart (oh my heart) (oh my heart) Oh my heart (oh my heart) Oh my heart (oh my heart) Oh my heart (oh my heart) [Verse 2] Storm didn't kill me The government changed Hear the answer call Hear the song rearranged Hear the tress, the ghosts and the buildings sing With the wisdom to reconcile this thing It's sweet and it's sad and it's true How it doesn't look bitter on you [Chorus] Oh my heart (oh my heart) Oh my heart (oh my heart) (oh my heart) Oh my heart (oh my heart) Oh my heart (oh my heart) Oh my heart (oh my heart) [Verse 3] Mother and father I stand beside you The good of this world Might help see me through This place needs me here to start This place is the beat of my heart [Chorus] Oh my heart (oh my heart) Oh my heart (oh my heart) (oh my heart) Oh my heart (oh my heart) Oh my heart (oh my heart) Oh my heart (oh my heart) -------- 2011 Collapse Into Now -------- -------- That Someone Is You -------- With the restraint Of New Order covers Young Marble Giants I sat... quietly, waiting... For someone else to make the first move Someone else to make the first move That someone is you That someone is you!!! That someone has pulled me up and out of cartoon quicksand Pulled me up and out of me... And with the fury lock of Sharon Stone Casino Scarface, Al Pacino, '74 Torino. I need Someone else to make the first move Someone else to make the first move That someone is you That someone is you That someone has pulled me up and out of cartoon quicksand Pulled me up and out of me... You Pull me up and out of cartoon quicksand Pull me up and out of me -------- 2011 Collapse Into Now -------- -------- Walk It Back -------- Walk it back Walk it back Walk it back What What would you Have had me say Instead of what I said? Where Where would I go How could I follow that Except to do what I did Which is to Walk it back Walk it back Hmmm... Walk it back Time Reverse and rewind Erase and revise And try to start again You Don't you turn this around I have not touch the ground In I don't know how long You say to Walk it back Walk it back Walk it back Hmmm... Walk it back Walk it back Walk it back Time Time Time, it cannot abide You You can't turn away You've asked me to stay But something needs to change Why can't you? Walk it back Hmmm... Walk it back Walk it back Walk it back Walk it back Hmmm... Walk it back -------- 2011 Collapse Into Now -------- -------- Überlin -------- [Verse 1] Hey now, take your pills and Hey now, make your breakfast Hey now, comb your hair and off to work Crash land, no illusions; No collision, no intrusion My imagination run away [Pre-Chorus] I know, I know, I know what I am chasing I know, I know, I know that this is changing me [Chorus] I am flying on a star into a meteor tonight I am flying on a star star star I will make it through the day and then the day becomes the night I will make it through the night [Verse 2] Hey now, take the U-Bahn Five stops, change the station Hey now, don't forget that change will save you Hey now, count a thousand, million people That's astounding Chasing through the city with their stars on bright [Pre-Chorus] I know, I know, I know what I am chasing I know, I know, I know that this is changing me [Chorus] I am flying on a star into a meteor tonight I am flying on a star star star I will make it through the day and then the day becomes the night I will make it through the night [Verse 3] I don't mind repeating I am not complete I have never been the gifted type Hey, man, tell me something Are you off to somewhere? Do you want to go with me tonight? [Pre-Chorus] I know I know I know that this is changing; We walk the streets, to feel the ground I'm chasing: ÜBerlin [Chorus] I am flying on a star into a meteor tonight I am flying on a star, star star I will make it through the day and then the day and then the day becomes the night I will make it through the night